CHNS 3604: Lesson 7

碰壁 (peng4 bi4)

to be rejected

写字楼 （xie3 zi4 lou2)

office building

白领 (bai2 ling3)

white collar worker

快餐 (kuai4 can1)

fast-food

答复 (da2 fu4)

answer; reply

价值 (jia4 zhi2)

n. value

特色 (te4 se4)

n. characteristic; salient feature

改进 (gai3 jin4)

to improve

流泪 (liu2 lei4)

to shed tears

客户 (ke4 hu4)

client; customer

责备 (ze2 bei4)

to accuse; to blame

放弃 (fang4 qi4)

to abandon; give up

详细 (xiang2 xi4)

detail; elaborate

收集 (shou1 ji2)

to collect; gather

信息 (xin4 xi1)

message

当地 （dang1 di4)

local

业务 (ye4 wu4)

business

风味 (feng1 wei4)

special flavour

风格 (feng1 ge2)

style; manner

中转 (zhong1 zhuan3)

to transfer

赚取 (zhuan4 qu3)

to earn; make a profit

差价 (chā jià)

price difference

订购 (dìng gòu)

Order (goods)

事先 (shì xiān)

Beforehand; in advance

聘请 (pìn qǐng)

Hire

过后 (guò hòu)

Afterwards; later

亲自 (qīn zì)

in person; personally; oneself

推销 (tuī xiāo)

Promote (goods/services)

保证 (bǎo zhèng)

Guarantee; ensure; assure

满足 (mǎn zú)

satisfy

及时 (jí shí)

Timely / prompt

营养 (yíng yǎng)

nutrition

变换 (biàn huàn)

Vary / alternate / transform / convert

起初 (qǐ chū) ..... 后来......

At first / in the beginning / originally

怀疑 (huái yí)

Suspect / doubt / distrust

尝试 (cháng shì)

Attempt / Try

果然 (guǒ rán)

as expected /as promised / as predicted by some reliable sources or experienced people. (formal = 真的）

专门 (zhuān mén)

Special / specialised

创 (chuàng)

To begin / to establish / to initiate

创新 (chuàng xīn)

To innovate / innovation

知名 (zhī míng)

Well-known / famous

突破 (tū pò) + (limit/amount/quantity)

Break through / Surpass