<p>走 here is a result complement that indicates 'away'</p>
<p>Apple is an American company, the article was written from the standpoint of the Chinese market. Therefore, it used the term 赚走,  which means 'earn (and take away)' from China --  Apple is profiting from the Chinese market</p>
<p>If the article was written from the standpoint of the company itself, it would use 赚得 (earn and get) or 赚來 (earn and take in)</p>
<p>Also: 赚取 - to earn (and take); 赚回 - to earn (and get back);赚了- to earn (completed); 赚到 - to earn (succefully)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>According to dictionaries,赚 has been found to mean <em>swindle</em> in some dialects or traditional Chinese.  So you can find it in old books.  E. g.</p>
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<p>当时亲见元帅命中军去<strong>赚</strong>刘豫。——《说岳全传》</p>
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<p>Nowadays, in standard Mandarin, it just means <em>to earn</em>.  In your context, it's <em><strong>earning away</strong></em>.</p>

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So, 赚走 could be a double entendre. I could also detect an underlying tone of sarcasm in the passage with the 入乡随俗 as a kind of back-handed compliment?
Wayne Cheah
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@WayneCheah I seize a neutral tone over the passage though 赚走 sounds a bit perspective implying a bit unwillingness.  入乡随俗 here implies Apple supports 北斗导航, which is a local Chinese system. This part doesn't have anything negative, neither sarcasm nor ironic.
dan
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<p>I doubt the Chinese government would let Apple take their earnings out of China before paying tax, so I think 赚走 here equates to 税后利润, which a foreign owned company can take out of China.</p>
<p>No foreign company would invest in China without cast iron agreements on technology transfer and taking their profits out of China. Their shareholders want their dividends.</p>
<p>周子健于1978年11月 went to Germany. He wanted Mercedes to start up in China, but he saw many VW cars, so he went to Wolfsburg and talked to 维尔纳·施密特. The negotiations lasted 6 years before an agreement on all aspects was signed.</p>
<p>Have a look <a href="http://news.mydrivers.com/1/393/393038.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here.</a></p>
<p>(Not sure what came before this)<br />
得益于此，<br />
Because of this,<br />
该企业二季度在华收入同比增长了1.9%，<br />
this company's earnings in the second quarter in China grew year on year by 1.9%,<br />
赚走93.3亿美元（约合650亿元人民币）。<br />
after tax (exportable) earnings  were 93.3 hundred million US dollars (approx 650 hundred million RMB)<br />
为了进一步扩大在华市场份额，<br />
in order to further expand their market share in China,<br />
苹果准备“入乡随俗”也不难理解。<br />
(that) Apple is preparing to &quot;do as the Romans do&quot; is not hard to understand.</p>

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<p>I'm having trouble understanding 赚走 in the following snippet:</p>
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<p>得益于此，该企业二季度在华收入同比增长了1.9%，<strong>赚走</strong>93.3亿美元（约合650亿元人民币）。为了进一步扩大在华市场份额，苹果准备“入乡随俗”也不难理解。<br />
<sub><a href="https://www.sohu.com/a/412405103_212351" rel="nofollow noreferrer">中国市场不能丢！苹果在华销量暴增225%，iPhone12或支持北斗导航</a>，2020年08月10日</sub></p>
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<p>I'm not sure if <a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E8%B5%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">赚</a> here means &quot;to earn&quot; (zhuàn) or &quot;to swindle&quot; (zuàn), which are largely different in meaning.  It's also possible it's deliberately ambiguous.</p>
<p>The 走 appears to be a complement, along the lines of <a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%B8%A6%E8%B5%B0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">带走</a> = &quot;to take away&quot;.  In this context, it refers to Apple (苹果) &quot;earning away&quot; or &quot;swindling away&quot; money from within China (在华).</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: What does 赚走 mean in the above snippet?</p>

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The meaning of net profit + shipped away is well legible. And sure the company probably transfers the profit offshore. But, as someone working in finance, I'd like to say the usage is non-standard.
Argyll
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What does 赚走 mean in 赚走93.3亿美元?
# What does 赚走 mean in 赚走93.3亿美元?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-17)

I'm having trouble understanding 赚走 in the following snippet:

> 得益于此，该企业二季度在华收入同比增长了1.9%，**赚走**93.3亿美元（约合650亿元人民币）。为了进一步扩大在华市场份额，苹果准备“入乡随俗”也不难理解。  
> [中国市场不能丢！苹果在华销量暴增225%，iPhone12或支持北斗导航](https://www.sohu.com/a/412405103_212351)，2020年08月10日

I'm not sure if [赚](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E8%B5%9A) here means "to earn" (zhuàn) or "to swindle" (zuàn), which are largely different in meaning. It's also possible it's deliberately ambiguous.

The 走 appears to be a complement, along the lines of [带走](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%B8%A6%E8%B5%B0) = "to take away". In this context, it refers to Apple (苹果) "earning away" or "swindling away" money from within China (在华).

**Question**: What does 赚走 mean in the above snippet?

**Tags:** meaning, meaning-in-context, result-complement

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The meaning of net profit + shipped away is well legible. And sure the company probably transfers the profit offshore. But, as someone working in finance, I'd like to say the usage is non-standard.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-08-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

走 here is a result complement that indicates 'away'

Apple is an American company, the article was written from the standpoint of the Chinese market. Therefore, it used the term 赚走, which means 'earn (and take away)' from China -- Apple is profiting from the Chinese market

If the article was written from the standpoint of the company itself, it would use 赚得 (earn and get) or 赚來 (earn and take in)

Also: 赚取 - to earn (and take); 赚回 - to earn (and get back);赚了- to earn (completed); 赚到 - to earn (succefully)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-08-17. Score: 1

According to dictionaries,赚 has been found to mean *swindle* in some dialects or traditional Chinese. So you can find it in old books. E. g.

> 当时亲见元帅命中军去**赚**刘豫。——《说岳全传》

Nowadays, in standard Mandarin, it just means *to earn*. In your context, it's ***earning away***.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: So, 赚走 could be a double entendre. I could also detect an underlying tone of sarcasm in the passage with the 入乡随俗 as a kind of back-handed compliment?  
> **username_3**: @WayneCheah I seize a neutral tone over the passage though 赚走 sounds a bit perspective implying a bit unwillingness.  入乡随俗 here implies Apple supports 北斗导航, which is a local Chinese system. This part doesn't have anything negative, neither sarcasm nor ironic.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-08-17. Score: 0

I doubt the Chinese government would let Apple take their earnings out of China before paying tax, so I think 赚走 here equates to 税后利润, which a foreign owned company can take out of China.

No foreign company would invest in China without cast iron agreements on technology transfer and taking their profits out of China. Their shareholders want their dividends.

周子健于1978年11月 went to Germany. He wanted Mercedes to start up in China, but he saw many VW cars, so he went to Wolfsburg and talked to 维尔纳·施密特. The negotiations lasted 6 years before an agreement on all aspects was signed.

Have a look [here.](http://news.mydrivers.com/1/393/393038.htm)

(Not sure what came before this)  
得益于此，  
Because of this,  
该企业二季度在华收入同比增长了1.9%，  
this company's earnings in the second quarter in China grew year on year by 1.9%,  
赚走93.3亿美元（约合650亿元人民币）。  
after tax (exportable) earnings were 93.3 hundred million US dollars (approx 650 hundred million RMB)  
为了进一步扩大在华市场份额，  
in order to further expand their market share in China,  
苹果准备“入乡随俗”也不难理解。  
(that) Apple is preparing to "do as the Romans do" is not hard to understand.


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