能招揽不少生意
“It did bring in a great deal of business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
似说是从沁香那里买的
“I heard it was bought from Qinxiang.”
能 招揽 不 少生意
“It did bring in a great deal of business.”
旁的
“As for anything else,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Even in historical Chinese markets, merchants frequently used the reputation of famous courtesans or scholars to brand their goods and draw wealthy clientele.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to solicit; to attract (customers or business)
Frequently collocated with '生意' (business) or '顾客' (customers) in commercial contexts.
quite a lot; not a few
A litotes (understatement) used constantly in daily Chinese to mean 'many' or 'a large amount' before nouns.
