Ch. 17

Question 1

lǐ cái

Answer 1

理财

To manage money

Question 2

tóu zī

Answer 2

投资
To invest (money); (financial) investment

Question 3

shèng yú

Answer 3

剩余

To be left over; surplus

Question 4

lì xī

Answer 4

利息

Interest

Question 5

Zēng jiā

Answer 5

增加

To increase; to add

Question 6

yí xiàng

Answer 6

一向

All along; the whole time; constantly

Question 7

shěng chī jiǎn yòng

Answer 7

省吃俭用

To be frugal (with food and other living expenses)

Question 8

cún kuǎn

Answer 8

存款

Bank savings

Question 9

fāng shì

Answer 9

方式

Way; method

Question 10

zhǎng

Answer 10

涨

(Of water, prices, etc.) to rise; to surge; to go up

Question 11

chǎo

Answer 11

炒

To stir-fry; to sauté; to speculate ( for profit)

Question 12

xiāo fèi

Answer 12

消费

To consume

Question 13

xiǎng shòu

Answer 13

享受

To enjoy; enjoyment; pleasure

Question 14

yǐn qǐ

Answer 14

引起

To give rise to; to lead to

Question 15

sī kǎo

Answer 15

思考

To think deeply; to ponder over; contemplate; cogitation

Question 16

máo dùn

Answer 16

矛盾

Contradiction; contradictory; conflicting

Question 17

yù mèn

Answer 17

郁闷

Gloomy; depressed

Question 18

bǐ

Answer 18

笔

Measure word for sums of money

Question 19

sūnzi

Answer 19

孙子

Son’s son; grandson

Question 20

sūnnü

Answer 20

孙女

Son’s daughter; granddaughter

Question 21

wèi hūn qī

Answer 21

未婚妻

Fiancée

Question 22

suàn

Answer 22

算

To count as; to be considered as

Question 23

hé

Answer 23

合

To combine; to join

Question 24

quàn

Answer 24

劝

To persuade; to advise; to urge

Question 25

xīn kǔ

Answer 25

辛苦

Hard; strenuous; toilsome; laborious; to work hard; to go to trouble

Question 26

lǎo tàitai

Answer 26

老太太

Elderly lady

Question 27

zǎn

Answer 27

攒

To accumulate; to hoard; to save; to scrape together

Question 28

lǎo nián

Answer 28

老年

Old age

Question 29

shuō fú

Answer 29

说服

To persuade; to convince

Question 30

zhōng yú

Answer 30

终于

At last; in the end; finally; eventually

Question 31

Jiēzhe

Answer 31

接着

To follow; to continue

Question 32

zhòng

Answer 32

中

To fit exactly; to hit

Question 33

qiān

Answer 33

签

To sign; to autograph

Question 34

hétong

Answer 34

合同

Agreement; contract

Question 35

xiǎng fǎ

Answer 35

想法

Idea; opinion

Question 36

tū rán

Answer 36

突然

Sudden; unexpected

Question 37

jiě mèi

Answer 37

姐妹

Sisters; female friends or co-workers who share a sister-like bond

Question 38

má jiàng

Answer 38

麻将

Mahjong

Question 39

gǔshì

Answer 39

股市

Stock market

Question 40

fēng xiǎn

Answer 40

风险

Risk; danger; hazard

Question 41

dǐyā

Answer 41

抵押

To mortgage

Question 42

gǔ piào

Answer 42

股票

Stock; share

Question 43

diē

Answer 43

跌

To fall

Question 44

Péi

Answer 44

赔
To lose (money); to suffer a loss in a deal