Back to Back, Face to Face 1994
背靠背，脸对脸
Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director.
Vocabulary
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| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 近 近 | near; close to; approximately | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 银行 銀行 | bank | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 照片 照片 | photograph; picture | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 座 座 | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 音乐 音樂 | music | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 克 克 | to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 行动 行動 | operation; action; to move about; mobile | |
| 检查 檢查 | inspection; to examine; to inspect | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 快乐 快樂 | happy; joyful | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 信息 信息 | information; news; message | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 活动 活動 | to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |