做生意
zuò shēng yì
Pinyin

Definition

做生意
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zuò shēng yì
  1. to do business

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
做
zuò
  1. 1 to do
  2. 2 to make
  3. 3 to produce
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 to compose
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 to engage in
  8. 8 to hold (a party)
  9. 9 to be
  10. 10 to become
  11. 11 to function (in some capacity)
  12. 12 to serve as
  13. 13 to be used for
  14. 14 to form (a bond or relationship)
  15. 15 to pretend
  16. 16 to feign
  17. 17 to act a part
  18. 18 to put on appearance
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
意思
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 classifier: 个 gè
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger

Sample Sentences

行行行，你真会做生意。
xíngxíngxíng ，nǐ zhēn huì zuòshēngyi 。
Ok ok, you’re really good at doing business.
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别客气！做生意不重要，做朋友才实在，对吧？
bié kèqi ！zuòshēngyi bù zhòngyào ，zuò péngyou cái shízài ，duì ba ？
It's ok! Doing business is not important as making friends. Right?
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这行当适合您啊，敢创新、有魄力头脑又转得快！做生意正好！
zhè hángdang shìhé nín ā ，gǎn chuàngxīn 、yǒu pòlì tóunǎo yòu zhuàn de kuài ！zuò shēngyi zhènghǎo ！
That kind of career suits you very well. Given your courage in innovation, along with your drive, brains and adaptability, you're perfectly suited to doing business!
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微商哦，最近确实很火，以前通过淘宝天猫做生意，现在有个微信app就可以做生意了。
wēishāng ò ，zuìjìn quèshí hěn huǒ ，yǐqián tōngguò Táobǎo tiānmāo zuò shēngyi ，xiànzài yǒu gè wēixìn app jiù kěyǐ zuò shēngyi le 。
Becoming a WeChat merchant has become really popular recently. Previously people did business through Taobao'a Tmall, now you just need the WeChat app to do business.
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别呀，你不能让我亏本吧，做生意总要长长久久，看在你是老顾客的份上，我多送你一点蒜头，行吧？
bié ya ，nǐ bù néng ràng wǒ kuīběn ba ，zuò shēngyi zǒngyào chángchángjiǔjiǔ ，kànzài nǐ shì lǎo gùkè de fènshàng ，wǒ duō sòng nǐ yīdiǎn suàntou ，xíng ba ？
No way, you can't force me to make a loss, but when you do business you have to think of the long term. Seeing as you're an old customer, I'll give you a little more garlic, OK?
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我不懂做生意的方法。
wǒ bù dǒng zuò shēngyi de fāngfǎ 。
I don't know how to do business.
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跟英国人做生意的好处是他们有礼貌
gēn Yīngguórén zuò shēngyi de hǎochu shì tāmen yǒu lǐmào
The benefit of doing business with British people is that they are polite.
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很多公司做生意的时候会给官员一点好处。
hěn duō gōngsī zuò shēngyi de shíhou huì gěi guānyuán yīdiǎn hǎochu 。
When many companies do business, they'll give government officials a bit of a “benefit”.
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如果你做生意啊或者你开了一个店，开了一个新的公司。
rúguǒ nǐ zuò shēngyi a huòzhě nǐ kāi le yī gè diàn ，kāi le yī gè xīn de gōngsī 。
If you do business or you've opened a store or started a new company.
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