Vocabulary: 第一章 在艰难中成长
from 从头开始：星巴克之父的人生信条和经营哲学
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #697ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 承办x1 | Chapter Rank #698to undertake; to accept a contract
- 为了x2 | Chapter Rank #227for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 挣钱x2 | Chapter Rank #228to make money
- 雇x1 | Chapter Rank #699to employ; to hire; to rent
- 充当x1 | Chapter Rank #700to serve as; to act as; to play the role of
- 服务员x1 | Chapter Rank #701waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 当时x5 | Chapter Rank #70then; at that timeimmediately; right then
- 不知情x1 | Chapter Rank #702
- 向x1 | Chapter Rank #703surname Xiangtowards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...to tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 解释x1 | Chapter Rank #704explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 此事x1 | Chapter Rank #705this matter
- 回屋x1 | Chapter Rank #706
- 霍华德x1 | Chapter Rank #707(name) Howard
- 关上门x1 | Chapter Rank #708
- 别x1 | Chapter Rank #709to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])surname Bieto make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 没x3 | Chapter Rank #132drowned; to end; to die; to inundate(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #710to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 高中x1 | Chapter Rank #711senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
- 一直x1 | Chapter Rank #712straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 干x2 | Chapter Rank #229dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shouldersurname Gan(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 低收入x1 | Chapter Rank #713low income
- 临时工x1 | Chapter Rank #714temporary worker; temp; temporary work
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #715apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 开车x1 | Chapter Rank #716to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #717outside; excluding
- 少有x1 | Chapter Rank #718rare; infrequent
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #719to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 出手x1 | Chapter Rank #720to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- 技能x1 | Chapter Rank #721technical ability; skill
- 光荣x1 | Chapter Rank #722honor and glory; glorious
- 无论是x1 | Chapter Rank #723
- 简单x1 | Chapter Rank #724simple; not complicated
- 活儿x2 | Chapter Rank #230work; (lots of) things to do
- 技术x2 | Chapter Rank #231technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- 从中x2 | Chapter Rank #232from within; therefrom
- 获得x1 | Chapter Rank #725to obtain; to receive; to get
- 自豪x1 | Chapter Rank #726proud (of one's achievements etc)
- 意义x1 | Chapter Rank #727sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 爸爸x2 | Chapter Rank #233(coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- 累x1 | Chapter Rank #728to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeatedtired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hardrope; to bind together; to twist around
- 别吵x1 | Chapter Rank #729
- 睡觉x2 | Chapter Rank #234to go to bed; to sleep
- 靠近x1 | Chapter Rank #730to be close to; to approach; to draw near
- 即便x1 | Chapter Rank #731even if; even though; right away; immediately
- 一脸x1 | Chapter Rank #732
- 疲态x1 | Chapter Rank #733fatigued look; signs of weariness; (fig.) weakness (in the stock market etc)
- 亲近x1 | Chapter Rank #734(of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- 以前x1 | Chapter Rank #735before; formerly; previous; ago
- 某x1 | Chapter Rank #736some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such