Vocabulary: 第十四章 教育是最好的承诺
from 从头开始:星巴克之父的人生信条和经营哲学
- 吃x2 | Chapter Rank #185to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 通心粉x1 | Chapter Rank #342macaroni
- 和x13 | Chapter Rank #16to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbsto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname He
- 奶酪x1 | Chapter Rank #343cheese; CL:塊|块[kuai4],盒[he2],片[pian4]
- 但x12 | Chapter Rank #22but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 这次x1 | Chapter Rank #344
- 大x7 | Chapter Rank #42big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 衰退x2 | Chapter Rank #186to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
- 不同x2 | Chapter Rank #187different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 以往x1 | Chapter Rank #345in the past; formerly
- 菲尼克斯x1 | Chapter Rank #346Phoenix, capital of Arizona; also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2]
- 市x2 | Chapter Rank #188market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- 受x1 | Chapter Rank #347to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- 冲击x1 | Chapter Rank #348to attack; to batter; (of waves) to pound against; shock; impact
- 最x2 | Chapter Rank #189(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 严重x1 | Chapter Rank #349grave; serious; severe; critical
- 地区x1 | Chapter Rank #350region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 房子x1 | Chapter Rank #351house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 没x3 | Chapter Rank #117drowned; to end; to die; to inundate(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 两辆x1 | Chapter Rank #352
- 汽车x2 | Chapter Rank #190car; automobile; bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 易x1 | Chapter Rank #353surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- 主x1 | Chapter Rank #354owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 重重x1 | Chapter Rank #355layer upon layer; one after anotherheavily; severely
- 压力x2 | Chapter Rank #191pressure
- 之下x1 | Chapter Rank #356under; beneath; less than
- 父母x8 | Chapter Rank #37father and mother; parents
- 离了婚x1 | Chapter Rank #357
- 各自x1 | Chapter Rank #358each; respective; apiece
- 租住x1 | Chapter Rank #359
- 打x5 | Chapter Rank #63(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 工x1 | Chapter Rank #360work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- 服装店x1 | Chapter Rank #361
- 当x7 | Chapter Rank #43(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 售货员x1 | Chapter Rank #362sales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
- 保姆x1 | Chapter Rank #363nanny; babysitter; housekeeper
- 残疾x1 | Chapter Rank #364disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
- 护工x1 | Chapter Rank #365nurse's aide; nursing assistant; care worker
- 以x3 | Chapter Rank #118to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 帮助x1 | Chapter Rank #366assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- 支付x1 | Chapter Rank #367to pay (money)
- 日常x1 | Chapter Rank #368day-to-day; daily; everyday
- 花销x2 | Chapter Rank #192to spend (money); expenses
- 房租x1 | Chapter Rank #369rent for a room or house
- 高中x2 | Chapter Rank #193senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
- 成绩x3 | Chapter Rank #119achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 一直x1 | Chapter Rank #370straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 优异x1 | Chapter Rank #371exceptional; outstandingly good
- 从未x2 | Chapter Rank #194never
- 放弃x3 | Chapter Rank #120to renounce; to abandon; to give up