//Slow Chinese/5 March 2022

造机	zàojī	making mobile phones
造车新势力	zàochē xīnshìlì	major new players in EV
刺刀见红	cìdāo jiànhóng	a bloody battle 
风马牛不相及	fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí	totally unrelated 
病急乱投医	bìng jí luàn tóuyī	try anything when in a desperate situation
萌芽	méngyá	bud, early stage
大鳄	dà è	big crocodile, the big incumbent 
贴牌 	tiē pái	white labelling 
套皮	tào pí	putting on a skin 
趟过 	tāng guò	wade through, get over
赋能 	fù néng	leverage or give power to 
下沉 	xià chén	going into second- and third-tier markets
捣鼓 	dǎo gu	experiment with 
拦路虎 	lán lù hǔ	a road block
插一脚 	chā yī jiǎo	put a foot in
蹭热点 	cèng rèdiǎn	grab attention on social media
打江山 	dǎ jiāngshān	hitting the rivers and mountains, taking over the market
排头兵 	pái tóubīng	leading force
搅局者 	jiǎojú zhě	disruptor 
风生水起 	fēngshēng shuǐqǐ	energetic, full of energy
招贤纳士 	zhāoxián nàshì	hiring top quality talent 
不务正业 	bùwù zhèngyè	not doing what you should be doing
百上加斤 	bǎi shàng jiājīn	adding to a heavy burden
忆苦思甜 	yìkǔ sītián	reminisce over the hard times to appreciate the good life now 
苦逼 	kǔbī	crazy workaholics