| Term | Definition |
| 亞洲 | N: Asia |
| 金融 | N: finance, economic situation |
| 風暴 | N: storm, crisis |
| 說來話長 | IE: It is a long story... |
| 整慘 | RC: to devastate |
| 不瞞你說 | IE: to speak candidly (lit: hiding nothing from you) |
| 景氣 | N: prosperity, boom |
| 有所不知 | IE: some things are unknown |
| 提高 | V: to raise, heighten, increase |
| 售價 | N: selling price |
| 週轉 | V: to circulate (funds), have enough funds to circulate |
| 生產線 | N: production line |
| 員工 | N: worker, employee |
| 裁減 | V: to reduce (employees), to lay off; N: reduction |
| 一連 | A: in succession, consecutively |
| 倒閉 | V :to go bankrupt, close down |
| 失業率 | N: unemployment rate |
| 手頭 | N: on hand, in hand |
| 好轉 | V: to take a turn for the better |
| 早晚 | A: sooner or later |
| 難道 | A: (make an emphatic rhetorical question) Is it possible that... |
| 採取 | V: to adopt |
| 政策 | N: policy |
| 效果 | N: result, effect |
| 即使 | Conj: even if |
| 好處 | N: benefit, advantage, good point |
| 貸款 | V: to loan; N: loan |