Back to Back, Face to Face

Back to Back, Face to Face 1994

背靠背，脸对脸 bèikàobèi， liǎn duì liǎn

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.

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Vocabulary

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瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
伴侣 伴侶 bàn lǚ companion; mate; partner HSK 7
上司 上司 shàng si boss; superior HSK 7
佩服 佩服 pèi fú to admire HSK 7
兜 兜 dōu pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
侮辱 侮辱 wǔ rǔ to insult; to humiliate; dishonor HSK 7
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) HSK 7
为人 為人 wéi rén to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character HSK 7
任命 任命 rèn mìng to appoint; (job) appointment HSK 7
摊 攤 tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
憋 憋 biē to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) HSK 7
吓人 嚇人 xià rén to scare; scary; frightening HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
嫩 嫩 nèn young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled HSK 7
八卦 八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
工地 工地 gōng dì construction site HSK 7
积 積 jī to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing HSK 7
来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone HSK 7
捧 捧 pěng to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter HSK 7
新生 新生 xīn shēng new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student HSK 7
辞 辤 cí old variant of 辞 HSK 7
空白 空白 kòng bái blank space HSK 7
平民 平民 píng mín ordinary people; commoner; civilian HSK 7
撕 撕 sī to tear HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
拦 攔 lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
心思 心思 xīn si mind; thoughts; inclination; mood HSK 7
蠢 惷 chǔn stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
虾 蝦 há used in 虾蟆 HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
缠 纏 chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
作风 作風 zuò fēng style; style of work; way HSK 7
人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person; candidate HSK 7
指望 指望 zhǐ wàng to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope HSK 7
撤 撤 chè to remove; to take away HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
曝光 曝光 bào guāng to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pù guāng] HSK 7
捏 捏 niē to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
戒指 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
催 催 cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
窝 窩 wō nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7