American Dreams in China 2013
中国合伙人
Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.
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Vocabulary
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| 下跪 下跪 | to kneel; to go down on one's knees | |
| 无限期 無限期 | indefinitely; of unlimited duration | |
| 否决权 否決權 | veto power | |
| 多产 多產 | prolific; fertile; high yield | |
| 忠告 忠告 | to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word | |
| 摊开 攤開 | to spread out; to unfold | |
| 服务生 服務生 | server (at a restaurant) | |
| 重逢 重逢 | to meet again; to be reunited; reunion | |
| 据传 據傳 | it is rumored that...; it is reported that... | |
| 禁制 禁制 | to control; to restrict; to prohibit; prohibition; restriction | |
| 惩罚性 懲罰性 | punitive | |
| 平庸 平庸 | mediocre; indifferent; commonplace | |
| 办学 辦學 | to run a school | |
| 升学 升學 | to enter the next grade school | |
| 补课 補課 | to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class | |
| 补习 補習 | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | |
| 小费 小費 | tip; gratuity | |
| 独裁 獨裁 | dictatorship | |
| 教育部 教育部 | Ministry of Education | |
| 公鸡 公雞 | cock; rooster | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 讲课 講課 | teach; lecture | |
| 工商 工商 | industry and commerce | |
| 省钱 省錢 | to save money | |
| 升值 升值 | to rise in value; to appreciate | |
| 打官司 打官司 | to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute | |
| 民意 民意 | public opinion; popular will; public will | |
| 盗版 盜版 | pirated; illegal; see also 版 | |
| 革新 革新 | to innovate; innovation | |
| 采纳 採納 | to accept; to adopt | |
| 日语 日語 | Japanese language | |
| 高考 高考 | college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试) | |
| 创办 創辦 | to establish; to found; to launch | |
| 领取 領取 | to receive; to draw; to get | |
| 大米 大米 | (husked) rice | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 去掉 去掉 | to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 入学 入學 | to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 发放 發放 | to provide; to give; to grant | |
| 协商 協商 | to consult with; to talk things over; agreement | |
| 层面 層面 | aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane | |
| 券 券 | bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate | |
| 出路 出路 | a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) | |
| 消耗 消耗 | to use up; to consume | |
| 官司 官司 | lawsuit | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally |