Vocabulary: 事业早期的挫败
from 丰盛人生：安利创始人理查•狄维士自传
- 人们x2 | Chapter Rank #40people
- 表达x1 | Chapter Rank #103to express; to convey
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #41right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 这个x1 | Chapter Rank #104(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #105opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 感到x2 | Chapter Rank #42to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 多么x1 | Chapter Rank #106how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 兴奋x1 | Chapter Rank #107excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- 结果x1 | Chapter Rank #108to bear fruitoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- 大家x1 | Chapter Rank #109everyone; influential family; great expert
- 陆续x1 | Chapter Rank #110in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- 离开x1 | Chapter Rank #111to depart; to leave
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #112only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 一x2 | Chapter Rank #43one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x1 | Chapter Rank #113used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 留下来x1 | Chapter Rank #114
- 签x1 | Chapter Rank #115to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visainscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- 了x6 | Chapter Rank #10to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 约x1 | Chapter Rank #116to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); conciseto weigh in a balance or on a scale
- 没多久x1 | Chapter Rank #117before long; soon after
- 便x1 | Chapter Rank #118plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 放弃x2 | Chapter Rank #44to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 之后x2 | Chapter Rank #45after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 生意x1 | Chapter Rank #119business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]life force; vitality
- 越来越x1 | Chapter Rank #120more and more
- 惨淡x1 | Chapter Rank #121dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
- 好几个x1 | Chapter Rank #122
- 星期x1 | Chapter Rank #123week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday
- 都x1 | Chapter Rank #124surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 招募x1 | Chapter Rank #125to recruit; to enlist
- 不到x1 | Chapter Rank #126not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 一位x1 | Chapter Rank #127
- 新营销x1 | Chapter Rank #128
- 人员x3 | Chapter Rank #24staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 仅x1 | Chapter Rank #129barely; only; merely
- 卖出x1 | Chapter Rank #130to sell; to reach (a price in an auction)
- 几盒x1 | Chapter Rank #131
- 给x1 | Chapter Rank #132to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #133might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #134merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 想x2 | Chapter Rank #46to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 帮x1 | Chapter Rank #135to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- 一下x1 | Chapter Rank #136(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #137that's all; nothing more
- 事隔多年x1 | Chapter Rank #138
- 我x12 | Chapter Rank #3I; me; my
- 明白x2 | Chapter Rank #47clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 这x6 | Chapter Rank #11(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 是x2 | Chapter Rank #48to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 杰x2 | Chapter Rank #49(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished