做生意 (zou6 saang1 ji3 | ) : to do business; to run a business; to be a businessman

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做生意

zou6 saang1 ji3

to do business; to run a business; to be a businessman

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

做生意

This word has been viewed 2609 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by rathpy on 10th Apr 2007 21:48 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2009 21:57

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做 zou6 - do, make
生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe
意 ji3 - wish; meaning; expect

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你想學做生意？
So you want to be a businessman?
[Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

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