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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

做生意 [zuòshēngyi]
  1. 1. do business; carry on trade; trade
    做成一笔生意
    make a deal; strike a bargain

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

做生意 [zuòshēngyi]
  1. 1. 做买卖。

Examples

没本钱做生意
have no capital to start a business
做生意很精。
He is a shrewd businessman.
做生意亏了
have lost money in business
做生意一定要看准行情。
Business men should observe and accurately predict market quotations.
现在做生意的人多了,所以你揽客一定要有自己独有的手段!
Now many people are running the business, so you should have your own distinctive means to solicit customers.
在这里做生意的都是我们的老表,我们应该互相帮助。
We should help each other, for people running businesses here are the same age as us.
做生意的目的性很强:就是想发财。
He has a clear aim in running business, which is to get rich.
我爷爷的爷爷清代时曾经在南洋一带做生意
My grandpa’s grandpa once ran a business in southeast Asia during the Qing dynasty.
既然做生意,就要对赔赚等情况多些承受力。
Now that we are in business, we'd better be flexible towards losses and profits.
他想在附近租一间铺面房做生意
He wants to rent a room in the shop building near here to run a business.

Word Decomposition


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