生意
shēng yì
Pinyin

Definition

生意
 - 
shēng yì
  1. life force
  2. vitality
生意
 - 
shēng yi
  1. business
  2. CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
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
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying

Sample Sentences

最近生意不好，我没钱了。
zuìjìn shēngyì bùhǎo ，wǒ méi qián le 。
Business is not doing well lately. I ran out of money.
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生意
shēngyì
Business
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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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前些年这家生意一直不景气，差点倒闭，可最近老字号又重新开张啦。
qián xiē nián zhè jiā shēngyì yīzhí bùjǐngqì ，chàdiǎn dǎobì ，kě zuìjìn lǎozìhào yòu chóngxīn kāizhāng la 。
A few years ago the business of this store wasn’t good and almost went bankrupt. But recently shops with established reputations have reopened.
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恭喜、恭喜！祝你生意兴隆，财源滚滚。
gōngxǐ 、gōngxǐ ！zhù nǐ shēngyìxīnglóng ，cáiyuángǔngǔn 。
Congratulations! I wish that you succeed in your business and make a lot of money.
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我谈生意谈得很顺利。
wǒ tán shēngyi tán de hěn shùnlì 。
My business talks are going very smoothly.
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我是做生意的，您呢？
wǒ shì zuò shēngyi de ，nín ne ？
I am doing business, and you?
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听说你的公司生意很好！
tīngshuō nǐ de gōngsī shēngyi hěn hǎo ！
I heard your company is doing great!
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你昨天去谈生意啊？
nǐ zuótiān qù tán shēngyì a ？
Did you go to the business meeting yesterday?
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