<p>He <strong>sold</strong> his <strong>business</strong> and retired. - 他<strong>卖掉了</strong>他的<strong>生意</strong>同時**(也)<strong>退休了</strong>。</p>
<p>Note the particle &quot;<strong>了</strong>&quot; immediately following the verbs &quot;卖掉(sell)&quot; and &quot;退休(retire)&quot; indicates the completion of the act and actions in the past - 卖掉了 = sold, and 退休了 = retired.</p>
<p><strong>事业</strong>, for the individual, is a personally chosen career/field of work with a &quot;set goal&quot; (一定目标) that is to be achieved or fulfilled. It shouldn't be confused with works/business for the public good - &quot;慈善事业(charity works)&quot;, &quot;教育事业(education business)&quot;, or &quot;公用事业(public utilities)&quot;.</p>
<p><strong>Business</strong> - 生意</p>

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r13
<p>From my point of view, &quot;卖掉……事业 to mean &quot;sell [his] business&quot;&quot; This is correct.</p>
<p>This sentence hints that his career is sellable, like he owns a company, a restranunt and etc,. Some career is not sellable like a programmer, or a work, which can only quit.</p>
<p>@Joehua, 然後 is a good choice if the sentence wants to emphasize the timeline. But 並且 is also great to me if the sentence just want to mention these two events as a description.Sometimes it depends the context.</p>

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sleepy
<p>事業 is &quot;career.&quot; Hence it is incorrect to use the term as per the OP</p>
<p>The correct term to use here is 生意 (&quot;business&quot;)</p>

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fat penguin
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<p>他卖掉了他的事业并且退休。<br />
He sold his business and retired.</p>
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<p>The above sentence and translation is from <a href="https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/848721" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tatoeba</a>, but I'm confused as to what it means to 卖掉……事业.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 卖掉……事业 correct in 他卖掉了他的事业并且退休, and does it mean &quot;sell [his] business&quot;?</p>
<p>We have:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E4%BA%8B%E4%B8%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a>: 事业 (shì​yè​) undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個｜个</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%8D%96" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a>: 卖 (mài​) to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The sentence uses 卖掉……事业 to mean &quot;sell [his] business&quot;, but it reads like &quot;sell [his] cause&quot;.  I'm not sure 事业 is the correct word choice here, since I expect that whatever is 卖掉ed to be a tangible object, like a cake or a house.</p>

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"卖掉……事业 to mean "sell [his] business"" This is correct. I don't see why you'd read it like "sell [his] cause". What if the sentence is changed to "他卖掉了他的事业然後退休"? I believe 並且 is not the best choice of words.
joehua
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Is 卖掉……事业 correct in 他卖掉了他的事业并且退休, and does it mean "sell [his] business"?
# Is 卖掉……事业 correct in 他卖掉了他的事业并且退休, and does it mean "sell [his] business"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-20)

> 他卖掉了他的事业并且退休。  
> He sold his business and retired.

The above sentence and translation is from [Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/848721), but I'm confused as to what it means to 卖掉……事业.

**Question**: Is 卖掉……事业 correct in 他卖掉了他的事业并且退休, and does it mean "sell [his] business"?

We have:

> [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E4%BA%8B%E4%B8%9A): 事业 (shì​yè​) undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個｜个
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> [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%8D%96): 卖 (mài​) to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

The sentence uses 卖掉……事业 to mean "sell [his] business", but it reads like "sell [his] cause". I'm not sure 事业 is the correct word choice here, since I expect that whatever is 卖掉ed to be a tangible object, like a cake or a house.

**Tags:** word-choice

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "卖掉……事业 to mean "sell [his] business"" This is correct. I don't see why you'd read it like "sell [his] cause". What if the sentence is changed to "他卖掉了他的事业然後退休"? I believe 並且 is not the best choice of words.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-12-20. Score: 2

He **sold** his **business** and retired. - 他**卖掉了**他的**生意**同時\*\*(也)**退休了**。

Note the particle "**了**" immediately following the verbs "卖掉(sell)" and "退休(retire)" indicates the completion of the act and actions in the past - 卖掉了 = sold, and 退休了 = retired.

**事业**, for the individual, is a personally chosen career/field of work with a "set goal" (一定目标) that is to be achieved or fulfilled. It shouldn't be confused with works/business for the public good - "慈善事业(charity works)", "教育事业(education business)", or "公用事业(public utilities)".

**Business** - 生意


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-12-20. Score: 1

From my point of view, "卖掉……事业 to mean "sell [his] business"" This is correct.

This sentence hints that his career is sellable, like he owns a company, a restranunt and etc,. Some career is not sellable like a programmer, or a work, which can only quit.

@Joehua, 然後 is a good choice if the sentence wants to emphasize the timeline. But 並且 is also great to me if the sentence just want to mention these two events as a description.Sometimes it depends the context.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-12-21. Score: 0

事業 is "career." Hence it is incorrect to use the term as per the OP

The correct term to use here is 生意 ("business")


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