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"A Half Hour at Noon" BOOK 2 Chapter 6 Chinese tingli

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爽快
straight-forward; efficient
融资
finance; pool funds or capital for circulation through loans, leases, fundraising, etc
扩融
to increase investment funds
气魄
boldness of vision, daring (noun)
票面
face/nominal value
名目
names of things, items
姗姗来迟
to arrive late
来龙去脉
origin and development; cause and effect; ins and outs
隐隐约约
faint; indistinct
ç­‘
build; construct
水库
reservoir
滩
spread out, take share in
对上
to match up (numbers, etc.)
连本带息
original deposit/investment + interest
归还
return; revert
道听途说
hearsay
条例
regulations, rules, ordinances
非同寻常
unlike the ordinary
视而不见
turn a blind eye
听而不闻
turn a deaf ear to
兑现
cash a check, etc. OR honor a promise/commitment
找门路
to find an opening or way
现金
ready money; cash
动心费脑
to eert one's brain
跟风跟谁
to follow the advice of feng-shui masters
鬼使神差
unexpected happenings, curious coincidence
面额
denomination of banknotes
大大方方
broadminded (not petty)
走江湖
wander from place to place; to roam everywhere; to be an itinerant
石英钟
quartz clock
没齿不忘
remember for the rest of one's life
追悔莫及
too late to regret/repent
到期
to reach a time limit; to mature (bonds)
满口
"a mouthful of⬦"
粤语
Cantonese language
不速之客
uninvited/unexpected guest
贴息
to pay interest in the form of a deduction
趟
m for times/rows
搭上。。。车
to succeed in getting on ( a vehicle; an opportunity, etc)
由暗到明
to go from darkness into the light
独树一帜
stake out one's own course
运作
operate; to be functioning
小打小闹
develop work/business on small scale
大打出手
get into a free-for-all
潮涨潮路
rise and fall of the tide; fluctuations
众所周知
as everyone knows
保嬼
maintain value of something
增值
increase in value
入股
become a shareholder
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼船
to sit steadily in a fishing boat no matter how the wind and waves rise
不失为
A is, after all, B...
工薪阶层
fixed-salary class
高枕无忧
"sleep at night" (as in "How do you sleep at night?!?!")

sit back and relax
尝到甜头
to have gotten a taste of something sweet (like profits)
英寸
inch
押
pay security deposit
未知数
unknown quantity
吃。。。饭
to get one's income from/by ⬦
行家里手
experts
吃得准
to estimate/guess; to be assured of something
金口玉言
utterances that carry weight
承诺
promise to do sth ; commit
长线
long-term (as in investments)
屏幕
screen
周转
turn around (funds)
前思后想
ponder back and forth
利弊得失
advantages and disadvantages
一目了然
be clear at a glance
平生
all one's life; adv. Always
义无反顾
must forge ahead come hell or high water (lit. honor forbids you from looking back)
手软
softhearted; lacking in firmness
凭证式国库券
national bonds in certificate form
这步棋走对了
to have made a right move (in chess or elsewhere)
宏观调控
macro management
见效
produce desired result
软着陆
soft landing
上档次
to upgrade the caliber
逊色
inferior
喜滋滋
feeling greatly pleased; filled with joy
康佳
Konca
本金
capital; principal
备用款
reserve funds
结余
surplus in the balance
。。位数
digits in a number
后盾
backing; backup force; support
清晰
distinct; clear (of sound/view)
ç²—æµ…
superficial; shallow; simple
走弯路
take circuitous road (lit/figuratively)
交学费
to pay tuition (to pay for one's mistake)
有了。。。头脑
to have a good head for⬦
族
group/sector of the population
渠道
channel/path
实惠
substnatial; solid; of real benefit
综合国力
comprehensive national strength
上台阶
to rise on the steps/ to move up a notch
难能可贵
laudable; rare and valuable
冲破
to break through
框框
frame; restriction; convention
解放思想
liberalized thinking
可见一斑
able to deduce from one example (can see from one spot on the leopard)
欣慰
be gratified
无意插柳
plant willows without intending to (reap unexpected benefits)
首发
first offering (of a stock)
日渐
gradually
希罕
rare; scarce; uncommon value as a rarity; cherish
猴票
"monkey" stamps issued in year of the monkey (1980) - very rare
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