- to take (sth proffered)
- shortage
- to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
- vacancy
- to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer
- outsider; foreigner; stranger
- to look closely at; to examine
- actually; in fact
- to separate off; to hive off; a demerger
- to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
- to lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)
- both of them; the two of them
- to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
- to rename
- to hold (passport, views etc)
- flexibility
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
- to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
- an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
- to complement; to make up for a deficiency
- to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
- to let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of
- vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
- business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture
- winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- to break up into parts
- quarter of a year; season (sports)
- very; extremely
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- bond; debenture
- short-term
- to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
- accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle