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做生意 in Context

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做生意

Usage 1 - "to do business": 

Sentence

我在中国做生意。

English:

I'm doing business in China.


*Sentence

很久以前,有一个男人,年轻的时候,他去很多城市做生意。

English:

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to go to many cities to do business when he was young.

Top-Down Words: 

久 jiǔ- for a long time



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Comments   4

Rick Angleland

Looks like 生意 isn't separately listed as a vocabulary word, but I've seen it in sentences like:
公司最近生意不错。
今天饭店生意很好,客人很多。

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Mandarin Blueprint

That's right, 生意 by itself comes up in the intermediate course.

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Jennifer Ditmore

Should you say 他想去 for wanted to go or is 想 implied somehow?

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Mandarin Blueprint

他想去 is more common and appropriate if you're saying a new idea. 我去 is more like a response to someone asking if you want to go.

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