LESSON 1- VOCAB 2

Question 1

a period of time

Answer 1

段 Duàn

Question 2

prices, commodity prices

Answer 2

物價 Wùjià

Question 3

to rise (of prices)

Answer 3

上漲 Shàngzhǎng

Question 4

income

Answer 4

所得 Suǒdé

Question 5

to rise (prices and water level)

Answer 5

漲 Zhǎng

Question 6

barely, with great reluctance

Answer 6

勉強 Miǎnqiáng

Question 7

at all, in the slightest

Answer 7

根本 Gēnběn

Question 8

organisation

Answer 8

組織 Zǔzhī

Question 9

to protest again

Answer 9

抗議 Kàngyì

Question 10

land prices

Answer 10

地價 Dìjià

Question 11

housing prices

Answer 11

房價 Fángjià

Question 12

to (upward surge)

Answer 12

高漲 Gāozhàng

Question 12

to cause, produce, make

Answer 12

造成 Zàochéng

Question 12

statistics

Answer 12

統計 Tǒngjì

Question 13

busy doing things without achieving anything

Answer 13

窮忙 Qióng máng

Question 14

prosperous, booming, economic conditions

Answer 14

景氣 Jǐngqì

Question 14

global, wordwide

Answer 14

全球 Quánqiú

Question 15

to implement, put into effect

Answer 15

施行 Shīxíng

Question 16

pay, salary, wages

Answer 16

薪資 Xīnzī

Question 17

for many years, for so long

Answer 17

多年 Duōnián

Question 18

not yet (formal)

Answer 18

未 Wèi

Question 19

to adjust upward

Answer 19

調高 Diào gāo

Question 20

to lay off

Answer 20

裁員 Cáiyuán

Question 21

to observe, note

Answer 21

觀察 Guānchá

Question 22

lottery

Answer 22

彩券 Cǎiquàn

Question 23

to win (a prize or lottery), to hit a jackpot

Answer 23

中獎 Zhòngjiǎng

Question 24

to dream

Answer 24

做夢 Zuòmèng

Question 25

to strike it rich

Answer 25

發財 Fācái

Question 26

countenance (mood shown on face)

Answer 26

臉色 Liǎnsè

Question 27

report, article, story (news)

Answer 27

報導 Bàodǎo

Question 28

to indicate, point out

Answer 28

指出 Zhǐchū

Question 29

to set up a business

Answer 29

創業 Chuàngyè

Question 30

food and beverage industry

Answer 30

餐飲業 Cānyǐn yè

Question 31

life

Answer 31

人生 Rénshēng

Question 32

and (formal)

Answer 32

及 Jí

Question 33

challenge

Answer 33

挑戰 Tiǎozhàn

Question 34

to cultivate, train, foster

Answer 34

培養 Péiyǎng

Question 35

strength (not physical strength)

Answer 35

實力 Shílì

Question 36

to wait for, await

Answer 36

等待 Děngdài

Question 37

to have as one’s own, possess

Answer 37

擁有 Yǒngyǒu

Question 38

mainland china

Answer 38

中國大陸 Zhōngguó dàlù

Question 39

can’t save money

Answer 39

存不了 Cún bùliǎo

Question 40

“snails without shells” (people who cannot afford to buy their own home)

Answer 40

無殼蝸牛 Wú ké wōniú

Question 41

gap between the rich and the poor, unequal distribution of wealth

Answer 41

貧富不均 Pínfù Bù jūn

Question 42

bitter life, very poorly

Answer 42

苦哈哈 Kǔ hāhā

Question 43

to seek opportunities elsewhere

Answer 43

另謀發展 Lìng móu fāzhǎn

Question 44

to become rich overnight

Answer 44

一夜致富 Yīyè zhìfù

Question 44

to be dying to, desperately

Answer 44

恨不得 Hènbudé

Question 45

“place in the sun”, a job that makes you happy and provides you with all the money and things that you want

Answer 45

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