- income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet
- condition; state; situation
- 令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- to believe firmly; without any doubt
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- source (of information etc); origin
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]
- gift; present
- to make money
- 背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back
- sack; burlap bag
- see 義烏市|义乌市[Yi4 wu1 Shi4]
- wholesale; bulk trade; distribution
- to acquire stock; to replenish stock
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request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])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)
- office; business premises
- one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
- half
- to bring; to fetch; to get
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- to fill up
- handicraft article; handiwork; CL:個|个[ge4]
- street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to travel back and forth; to shuttle
- to sell
- 挣 zhēng: 挣 zheng1: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]挣 zhèng: 挣 zheng4: to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- even; so much so that
- medicaments; medicine; drug
- medical treatment
- equipment; material
- to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town)
- an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
- clinic
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- to be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service; operation; service
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up