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

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鼓捣 鼓搗 gǔ dao to tinker with; to incite ∼HSK 6
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique ∼HSK 6
托儿所 托兒所 tuō ér suǒ nursery ∼HSK 6
任人唯亲 任人唯親 rèn rén wéi qīn (idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism) ∼HSK 6
瞎猜 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess; blind guess ∼HSK 6
离谱 離譜 lí pǔ inappropriate; improper; out of place ∼HSK 6
榜首 榜首 bǎng shǒu top of the list ∼HSK 6
小便宜 小便宜 xiǎo pián yi petty advantage; small gains ∼HSK 6
不误 不誤 bù wù used in expressions of the form 照V不誤|照V, in which V is a verb, means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照 ∼HSK 6
火坑 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire; fig. living hell ∼HSK 6
长见识 長見識 zhǎng jiàn shi to gain knowledge and experience ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
饭庄 飯莊 fàn zhuāng big restaurant ∼HSK 6
消息灵通 消息靈通 xiāo xi líng tōng to be well-informed ∼HSK 6
残废 殘廢 cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
聋子 聾子 lóng zi deaf person ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
锐气 銳氣 ruì qì acute spirit; dash; drive ∼HSK 6
副手 副手 fù shǒu assistant ∼HSK 6
经得起 經得起 jīng de qǐ to be able to withstand; to be able to endure ∼HSK 6
茅坑 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit; latrine ∼HSK 6
老伴 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife ∼HSK 6
公房 公房 gōng fáng public housing; dormitory, esp. for unmarried people ∼HSK 6
拉帮结派 拉幫結派 lā bāng jié pài to form cliques and factions (idiom); to gang up; to engage in factional intrigue ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
顺气 順氣 shùn qì nice; pleasant ∼HSK 6
服务费 服務費 fú wù fèi service charge; cover charge ∼HSK 6
正人君子 正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman; man of honor ∼HSK 6
百年之后 百年之後 bǎi nián zhī hòu lit. after a hundred years (idiom); euphemism for after one's death ∼HSK 6
老爹 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father; old man; sir ∼HSK 6
搭理 搭理 dā li variant of ∼HSK 6
贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship; fig. venture of dubious merit; criminal gang; reactionary faction ∼HSK 6
翘尾巴 翹尾巴 qiào wěi ba to be cocky ∼HSK 6
火葬 火葬 huǒ zàng to cremate ∼HSK 6
结扎 結紮 jié zā to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate; (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia); (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) ∼HSK 6
积肥 積肥 jī féi to accumulate manure; to lay down compost ∼HSK 6
公粮 公糧 gōng liáng grain collected by the government as tax ∼HSK 6
耍无赖 耍無賴 shuǎ wú lài to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval ∼HSK 6
招待所 招待所 zhāo dài suǒ guesthouse; hostel ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
象样 象樣 xiàng yàng variant of ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
第三世界 第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World ∼HSK 6
冰塞 冰塞 bīng sāi ice blockage; freezing of waterway ∼HSK 6
民情 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people; popular sentiment; the mood of the people; popular customs ∼HSK 6
吊顶 吊頂 diào dǐng suspended ceiling; false ceiling; to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling ∼HSK 6
毁约 毀約 huǐ yuē to break a promise; breach of contract ∼HSK 6
撑腰 撐腰 chēng yāo to support; to brace ∼HSK 6
上标 上標 shàng biāo superscript ∼HSK 6