商人
shāng rén
Pinyin
Definition
商人
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- merchant
- businessman
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这样游戏者就不光可以扮演去淘金的人，还有多种角色可供选择，什么商人、农民、士兵、政客，这些都可以出现在游戏中。
That way, not only can players play gold miners, they can choose from a variety of roles, such as business people, farmers, soldiers, politicians-- these can all appear in the game.
跟你说，现在商人都趁着节日赚钱，圣诞节的时候，西餐、礼品都贵，至于愚公节，当然就是土贵了。
I tell you, businessmen these days all try and take advantage of these festivals to cash in. During Christmas, western food, presents all go up in price. As for Yu Gong Festival, of course soil is expensive.
他不可能今天就答应停建工厂的！我们要引起社会大众的注意，要让大家知道这些商人非法砍树，所以我们自己不能做非法的事。
They won't agree to halt construction today! We have to get the attention of the public, to let them know that these business people are cutting down trees illegally, so we can't engage in illegal behavior ourselves.
地震的时候水和食物都不够，有的商人就会趁机涨价。
When there's an earthquake, food and water aren't enough, and some businessmen will take advantage of the rise in prices.
商人都很实际。
Business people are all very practical.
商人是什么？什么好卖卖什么！风险是有点的，但是安稳打工就没风险了？你看你，还不是被炒了！
What are business people? They sell what sells well! There's a little bit of risk, but isn't there risk even in a stable job? Look at you-- didn't you get fired?
那是中国人太谦虚了。我们觉得���自大，其实顶多就是自信。再说，有什么国家能几十年发展成中国这样？我们完全有资本自信。你看温州商人以前条件多差？全是靠自己赤手空拳打拼出来的。他们现在有钱了，爱买什么买什么。
That's excessive Chinese modesty. We feel like it's overconfidence, when at most, it's self-confidence. And furthermore, what other countries could develop for decades the way China has? We have every right to be self-confident. Look how lousy Wenzhou business people had it in the past. They got rich entirely by pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Now they're rich, and they can buy whatever they like.
是啊，不过特别震撼。大漠孤烟，那叫壮丽啊！比王洛宾歌里唱的都美！不过大沙漠，荒无人烟，又渴又热。想想古代商人挣钱真不容易，要沿着这样一条路把丝绸卖到欧洲去！
Yeah, but really moving. There were great deserts shrouded in mist-- that's what I call magnificent! It was even more beautiful than in Wang Luo Bing's songs. But in the huge, desolate desert, you're hot and hungry. You think of how hard it was for people in ancient times to make money. They had to follow a road like that to sell their silk in Europe!
对了，林峰，是邓小平。他想改革中国封闭、落后的经济，又碰上香港商人要求来广东投资。所以他就决定在深圳设立经济特区。
Yes, Lin Feng, it was Deng Xiaoping. He wished to reform China's closed and backward economy. He encountered a Hong Kong business man who inquired about investing in Guangdong. So, he then decided to establish a special economic zone in Shenzhen.
几个月了。这里机会很多，对我们商人来说，真是个好地方！哎，这里的外国商会多吗？
A few months now. There are a lot of opportunities here. From a businessman’s point of view, it is a really good place. Hey, are there a lot of foreign chambers of commerce here?