- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- and; as well as
- to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- rent for a room or house
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- deficit; (financial) loss
- clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
- they; them
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- a few; several; how many
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- to acquire stock; to replenish stock
- flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]
- gift; present
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to earn money; moneymaking
- at least; (to say the) least
- 付 fù: 付 fu4: to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things付 Fù: 付 Fu4: surname Fu
- reader
- to comprehend; to understand
- entrepreneur
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- simple; not complicated
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3]); to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
- scale; scope; extent
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- small; tiny; few; young
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
- loss; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]; to lose; to suffer damage
- to fix; to settle; to wangle