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HSK
investment / to invest
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
foreign investment; foreign capital
HSK 6
to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc)
HSK 6
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese infrastructure and investment strategy launched in 2013
newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote / fresh capital; new investment funds / (coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche
venture capital investment
Lehman Brothers, investment bank
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *息* | 息* | *息
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
investment bank
foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
HSK 7-9
(of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
HSK 7-9
to recoup one's investment
return on investment (ROI)
venture capital investment (abbr. for 創業投資|创业投资)
foreign investment
"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
investment promotion
return on investment / rate of return
huge investment / vast sum
government bonds (investments)
overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)
investment portfolio
investment immigration / immigrant investor
interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)
Hutchison Whampoa (former investment holding company based in Hong Kong, founded in 1863, defunct in 2015)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, abbr. for 亞洲基礎設施投資銀行|亚洲基础设施投资银行
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
angel investment
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment
open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
investment bank (abbr. for 投資銀行|投资银行)
(of a magnet) to attract metallic objects / (fig.) to exert a magnetic attraction (for investment, tourists etc)
venture capital investment
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
to calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads / (fig.) to budget; to plan (an investment)
wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
venture capital investment (abbr. for 風險投資|风险投资)
Taiwan capital or investments
capital stock / investment
merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale / merchandise in stock / available item / actuals (investment) / actual commodities


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