Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit
- office; business premises
- many and complicated; mired in minor details
- odd jobs; part-time worker
- young people; youngster
- 闲暇 xián xiá: 闲暇 xian2 xia2: leisure; free time; unoccupied; not in use闲暇 xián xiá: 闲暇 xian2 xia2: leisure
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
- to be on tenterhooks (idiom); to be anxious and frightened
- to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- colleague; co-worker
- accountant; accountancy; accounting
- to agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise
- date
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- to earn money; moneymaking
- tiny; negligible
- details; particulars
- to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- to become; to turn into
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- precedent
- (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
- to set out on a journey
- fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum
- specially; intentionally
- lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- approximately; probably
- sales representative; salesperson
- I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- traveler; tourist