- to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- venture capital investment
- company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- Silicon Valley
- important; significant; major
- person; figure; public figure
- even; so much so that
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- a few; several; how many
- gentry; celebrities
- already
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- to participate; to take part; to join
- many; a lot of; much
- 场 cháng: 场 chang2: threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout场 chǎng: 场 chang3: large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams
- similar; analogous
- since (a time); ever since
- to arrive; to come
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- these
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
- to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Stanford or Stamford (name of various people, places and organizations, notably Stanford University)
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- Los Angeles, California
- Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]
- high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile
- to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]
- there; that place
- each; every
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- in any case; no matter what
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- block; neighborhood
- (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")
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- gradually
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- city; town; CL:座[zuo4]