Vocabulary: 最重要的合伙人，往后退一步的合伙人
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- to face; to confront
- Goldman Sachs
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- investor
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- to seem; to look; to appear
- handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- on the other hand; another aspect
- from beginning to end; all along
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
- outside; excluding
- so far; to this day; until now
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- a smidgen; a little bit; a few
- English (language)
- cause; origin; root cause; reason; CL:個|个[ge4]
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- overseas; abroad
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- (included) in it; among them
- Chinese language
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- if; in case; in the event that
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- all; to have; to possess; to own
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