day 199bows and compromises
unit 30 · attitudes & opinionsbows and compromises
Handle bows, gifts and compromises in a business visit, and say what saved the day with 好在.
today’s words
- 禮品 lǐpǐn · gift (formal)
- 社交 shèjiāo · social life, socialising
- 要好 yàohǎo · close, on good terms
- 排斥 páichì · reject, exclude
- 表揚 biǎoyáng · praise publicly, commend
- 鞠躬 júgōng · bow
- 送行 sòngxíng · see someone off
- 慰問 wèiwèn · express sympathy to, visit (the sick)
- 報答 bàodá · repay (kindness)
- 諒解 liàngjiě · understand, forgive
- 讓步 ràngbù · give way, make a concession
- 妥協 tuǒxié · compromise
- 摟 lǒu · hug, put an arm around
- 低潮 dīcháo · low point, slump
- 應邀 yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation
- 好在 hǎozài · luckily, fortunately
- 界線 jièxiàn · boundary, line
- 濫用 lànyòng · abuse, misuse
sentences
- 雨下得很大，好在我帶了傘。 · It poured, but luckily I’d brought an umbrella.
- 日本客人向我們鞠躬。 · The Japanese guests bowed to us.
- 公司準備了一些禮品給客人。 · The company has prepared some gifts for the guests.
- 最後兩邊都妥協了。 · In the end both sides compromised.
- 她們兩個從小就很要好。 · The two of them have been close since they were little.