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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送去 送去 sòng qù to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
没门儿 沒門兒 méi mén r no way; impossible ∼HSK 1
好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
忙着 忙著 máng zhe to be occupied with (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
早点儿 早點兒 zǎo diǎn r a bit earlier ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
后半 後半 hòu bàn latter half ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
行好 行好 xíng hǎo to be charitable; to do a good deed ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
正事 正事 zhèng shì one's proper business ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
不是吗 不是嗎 bù shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
记不住 記不住 jì bu zhù can't remember ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
想开 想開 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off ∼HSK 1
看不出 看不出 kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
一来 一來 yī lái firstly,... ∼HSK 1
起用 起用 qǐ yòng to promote; to reinstate (in a position or job) ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 zěn me shuō ne Why is that?; How come? ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
是以 是以 shì yǐ therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1