- consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve
- listed company
- to be entrusted; to be commissioned
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- to be harmful (to)
- (usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- long-term; long-range
- benefit
- wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
- 现代 Xiàn dài: 现代 Xian4 dai4: Hyundai, South Korean company现代 xiàn dài: 现代 xian4 dai4: modern times; modern age; modern era
- capitalism
- systematic
- hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument; sticking point; deadlock in negotiations
- posture; situation
- to need; to require; essential; indispensable
- (idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
- to lack; to be short of
- to put up with; to tolerate
- to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with; villains will look after one another
- short-term
- to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
- to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
- to correct; to amend; to put right; correction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- preceding period; early stage
- to be compelled; to be forced
- to switch off; to shut off
- benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
- obese; bloated; swollen (style); (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed
- to cut staff; to lay off employees
- (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation; (of a train service etc) to operate; to run; (of a computer) to run
- for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment
- to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- 绿 lù: 绿 lu4: used in names绿 lǜ: 绿 lu:4: green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
- apron
- to betray
- to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)
- richly colorful