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Key Phrases

市场分析

shì chǎng fēn xī

Market analysis

职业活动

zhí yè huó dòng

Professional event

我们可以安排一次会议

wǒ men kě yǐ ān pái yī cì huì yì

We can arrange a meeting

Skills You'll Learn

Discussing scheduling

讨论安排

tǎo lùn ān pái

Expressing interest

表达兴趣

biǎo dá xìng qù

Greeting and meeting

问候与会面

wèn hòu yǔ huì miàn

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are at a professional event where you met someone who presented an intriguing project. You express interest in the market analysis aspect of the project and arrange a meeting to discuss it further.

你好!昨天的职业活动我很高兴见到你。

nǐ hǎo zuó tiān de zhí yè huó dòng wǒ hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ

Hello! I was glad to meet you at the professional event yesterday.

你好, Emily Smith !我也很高兴见到你。

nǐ hǎo ^FIRST^ ^LAST^ wǒ yě hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ

Hello, Emily Smith! I was glad to meet you too.

你昨天提到的项目很有趣。

nǐ zuó tiān tí dào de xiàng mù hěn yǒu qù

The project you mentioned yesterday is very interesting.

谢谢!你对哪个方面感兴趣?

xiè xiè nǐ duì nǎ gè fāng miàn gǎn xìng qù

Thank you! Which aspect are you interested in?

我对市场分析部分很感兴趣。

wǒ duì shì chǎng fēn xī bù fèn hěn gǎn xìng qù

I am very interested in the market analysis part.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

你好

nǐ hǎo

Hello

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昨天

zuó tiān

Yesterday

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职业

zhí yè

Profession

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活动

huó dòng

Activity

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📅

职业活动

zhí yè huó dòng

Professional event

💬 Chinese often puts two nouns together directly, with the first describing the second: [职业活动] is literally 'career/professional + event.' You can reuse that pattern in things like [市场分析] ('market analysis') or [项目会议] ('project meeting').

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😊

高兴

gāo xìng

Glad

💬 [高兴] works as the main description by itself: [我很高兴] means 'I'm glad' — no [是] needed. Swap in another feeling word the same way, like [我很忙] or [我很开心].

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🤝

见到你

jiàn dào nǐ

To meet you

💬 After [见到] or [认识], Chinese often uses [你] where English might use 'you' or 'meeting you': [很高兴见到你] = 'glad to meet you.' The pattern is easy to reuse: [很高兴认识你] ('glad to meet you / get to know you').

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📂

项目

xiàng mù

Project

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🤔

有趣

yǒu qù

Interesting

💬 [有趣] is another adjective that can be the whole description: [这个项目很有趣] = 'This project is interesting.' Notice the [很] often just makes the sentence sound complete, not necessarily 'very.'

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