- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- entrepreneur
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- 还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to live; life; livelihood
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- attention
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- astonishing
- to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- to put out; to issue
- necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- thus; consequently; as a result
- about to; on the point of; soon
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- correct; sound; right; proper
- hasty; hurried
- to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- to become; to turn into
- 100 million
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- catalyst
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in
- to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- 新兴 xīn xīng: 新兴 xin1 xing1: (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant新兴 Xīn xīng: 新兴 Xin1 xing1: see 新興縣|新兴县[Xin1 xing1 Xian4]; see 新興區|新兴区[Xin1 xing1 Qu1]
- Silicon Valley
- to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- prosperous; booming
- 从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong