歇业 (歇業)
xiē yè
Pinyin
Definition
歇业 (歇業)
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- to close down (temporarily or permanently)
- to go out of business
Character Decomposition
Related Words (17)
- 1 to rest
- 2 to take a break
- 3 to stop
- 4 to halt
- 5 (dialect) to sleep
- 6 a moment
- 7 a short while
- 1 to stop for a rest
- 1 saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part
- 1 to have a rest
- 2 to stay for the night
- 3 to go to bed
- 4 to sleep
- 1 hysteria (loanword)
- 2 hysterical
Sample Sentences
老上海的四大百货公司分别是先施百货、永安百货、大新公司和新新公司，当年可以说是南京路“十里洋场”的象征。不过现在这四家百货公司中除了永安百货仍在继续营业外，其他的都已经歇业了，所以你没听过也不奇怪。
The four most respected old department stores in Shanghai are Xianshi department store, Yong An department store, Da Xin Co., and Xin Xin Co. In the old days, you could say that they were Nanjing Road's symbol of being ''a city full of foreigners." But now, except for Yong An, which has kept on operating, the others have gone out of business. So it's not that weird that you haven't heard of them.