day 62stock and trade

stock and trade

Talk about stock, supplies, taxes and trade, and say “not hesitate to, even at a cost” with 不惜.

today’s words

• 擴張 kuòzhāng · expand
• 存貨 cúnhuò · stock, goods in stock
• 開張 kāizhāng · open (a new shop)
• 庫存 kùcún · inventory, stock in the warehouse
• 物資 wùzī · supplies, goods
• 換取 huànqǔ · exchange for, get in return
• 投機 tóujī · speculative, opportunistic; speculate
• 徵收 zhēngshōu · levy, collect (taxes)
• 周轉 zhōuzhuǎn · keep money moving, cash flow
• 紡織 fǎngzhī · spin and weave; textiles
• 規格 guīgé · specifications, standard
• 開辦 kāibàn · set up, start (a school, business)
• 關稅 guānshuì · customs duty, tariff
• 凍結 dòngjié · freeze (assets, prices)
• 納稅 nàshuì · pay taxes
• 差額 chā'é · difference (in amount), shortfall
• 外貿 wàimào · foreign trade
• 承包 chéngbāo · contract for, take on (a job)
• 拾 shí · pick up (written)
• 消耗 xiāohào · consume, use up
• 嶄新 zhǎnxīn · brand-new
• 不惜 bùxí · not hesitate to, not spare

sentences

• 為了救公司，他不惜賣掉自己的房子。 · To save the company, he was even willing to sell his own home.
• 小國常靠外貿換取需要的物資。 · Small countries often rely on foreign trade to get the goods they need.
• 這家公司接連開辦了三間工廠。 · The company opened three factories, one after another.
• 會議的時間另行通知。 · The time of the meeting will be announced separately.
• 公司的錢被凍結了，薪水都發不出來。 · The company’s money has been frozen: it can’t even pay wages.