ChinesePod

1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
2 uninspired imitation

福星高照

fú xīng gāo zhào

1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

肝胆相照

gān dǎn xiāng zhào

1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion

Sample Sentences

肖小姐，我们可是有正规营业执照的公司。这种金字塔制度是连哈佛大学的顶尖营销大师都推崇的，最能激发人的潜能和主观能动性。你想想，一个变两个，两个变四个，四个变八个，你的收入会呈几何级数增长。到时公司会给你派私家车，每年五星级旅游两次，你就能戴上金字塔最顶上的那个皇冠啦！

Xiāo xiǎojie ，wǒmen kěshì yǒu zhèngguī yíngyèzhízhào de gōngsī 。zhèzhǒng Jīnzìtǎ zhìdù shì lián Hāfó Dàxué de dǐngjiān yíngxiāo dàshī dōu tuīchóng de ，zuì néng jīfā rén de qiánnéng hé zhǔguānnéngdòngxìng 。nǐ xiǎng xiang ，yī ge biàn liǎng ge ，liǎng ge biàn sì ge ，sì ge biàn bā ge ，nǐ de shōurù huì chéng jǐhéjíshù zēngzhǎng 。dào shí gōngsī huì gěi nǐ pài sījiāchē ，měinián wǔ xīng jí lǚyóu liǎng cì ，nǐ jiù néng dàishàng Jīnzìtǎ zuì dǐngshàng de nàge huángguān la ！

Miss Xiao, we're a company with a legitimate business license! Even the elite business marketing professors at Harvard University have praised this kind of pyramid structure. It's the best for stimulating people's potential and conscious activity! Think about it, one becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight-- your income will increase geometrically. Eventually, the company will give you a private car, and two five-star trips per year. You'll be able to wear the ''Pyramid Crown!"

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你不考心理咨询师执照真是可惜了，听你开导如沐春风，醍醐灌顶啊！

nǐ bù kǎo xīnlǐ zīxúnshī zhízhào zhēn shì kěxī le ，tīng nǐ kāidǎo rúmùchūnfēng ，tíhúguàndǐng ā ！

It's really a pity that you haven't gone to take the psychiatrist license exam. Hearing your words of advice is so enlightening!

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对于那些无实体店、无营业执照无信用担保、无第三方交易平台进入门槛低的微商，若与消费者发生消费纠纷，一些微商往往通过更换账号或直接删除“好友”关系，试图逃避法律责任。

duìyú nàxiē wú shítǐdiàn 、wú yíngyèzhízhào wú xìnyòng dānbǎo 、wú dìsānfāng jiāoyìpíngtái jìnrù ménkǎn dī de wēishāng ，ruò yǔ xiāofèizhě fāshēng xiāofèi jiūfēn ，yīxiē wēishāng wǎngwǎng tōngguò gēnghuàn zhànghào huò zhíjiē shānchú “hǎoyǒu ”guānxi ，shìtú táobì fǎlǜzérèn 。

For those micro-businesses that have no physical stores, no business licenses, no credit guarantees, and no third-party trading platforms, they will try to escape disputes with consumers and legal liability by changing accounts or directly deleting "friends" in the chat.

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此外，电商法也为代购乱象开出了“良方”。今后，代购必须持有采购国和中国双方的营业执照，依法履行纳税义务。

cǐwài ，diànshāngfǎ yě wèi dàigòu luànxiàng Kāichū le “liángfāng ”。jīnhòu ，dàigòu bìxū chíyǒu cǎigòu guó hé Zhōngguó shuāngfāng de yíngyèzhízhào ，yīfǎ lǚxíng nàshuì yìwù 。

In addition, the e-commerce law also provides a "good prescription" for the chaos caused by such purchases. In the future, the purchaser must hold the business license of both the purchasing country and China, and fulfill the tax liability in accordance with the law.

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你需要带好就业证、护照、公司的营业执照、邀请函、1张2寸照片，原件和复印件各一张。然后还有你填写的申请表格。

nǐ xūyào dàihǎo jiùyè zhèng 、hùzhào 、gōngsī de yíngyèzhízhào 、yāoqǐnghán 、yī zhāng liǎng cùn zhàopiàn ，yuánjiàn hé fùyìnjiàn gè yī zhāng 。ránhòu háiyǒu nǐ tiánxiě de shēnqǐngbiǎogé 。

You need to take your employment permit, passport, company business license, company invitation letter, one 2-inch picture. Both the original and a copy of each one. Then you also have to fill out the application form.

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执照：驾驶执照，律师执照，营业执照

zhízhào ：jiàshǐzhízhào ，lǜshīzhízhào ，yíngyèzhízhào

license: driver's license, law license, business license

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那么严格。在美国只要有执照，个人也可以持有真枪。

nàme yángé 。zài Měiguó zhǐyào yǒu zhízhào ，gèrén yě kěyǐ chíyǒu zhēnqiāng 。

That's so strict. In America, as long as they have a permit, individuals can keep real guns too.

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