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生意

shēng yì

HSK 4

Meaning

  • life force
  • vitality
  • business

Definition

商业活动；买卖；也指生机、活力。

Business; trade; also refers to vitality or life.

Usage

常用于表示经商、交易，也可用于比喻生命力或活力。

Commonly used to refer to doing business or trade, and can also be used metaphorically to mean vitality or life.

Examples

  • 1 他最近生意做得很大。 (He has been doing big business recently.)
  • 2 这家店的生意很好。 (This store's business is very good.)
  • 3 春天来了，万物复苏，一片生机勃勃的生意。 (Spring has come, everything revives, full of vitality.)
  • 4 他做的是小本生意。 (He runs a small business.)
  • 5 这场雨给庄稼带来了生意。 (This rain brought life to the crops.)

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