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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4.5 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school; to attend school HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
火车 火車 huǒ chē train HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
起床 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
弟弟 弟弟 dì di younger brother HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
老人 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents HSK 1
下次 下次 xià cì next time HSK 1
记住 記住 jì zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
上午 上午 shàng wǔ morning HSK 1
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
考 攷 kǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father HSK 1
雨 雨 yǔ rain HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
考试 考試 kǎo shì to take an exam; exam HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
课 課 kè subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination HSK 1
上班 上班 shàng bān to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office HSK 1
树 樹 shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
房间 房間 fáng jiān room HSK 1
洗 洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
班 班 bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
病人 病人 bìng rén sick person; patient; invalid HSK 1
累 累 lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1