thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions

to wipe one’s ass; (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess

to spank sb's bottom

to own a controlling number of shares in a company

share (in a listed company)

penny stocks

to invest

an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing

government stake

equity participation (finance)

Taiwanese stocks; the Taiwan stock market

joint stock; ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)

share offer

to hold shares

Hong Kong shares

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

(economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis

US stocks; the US stock market

a share grant

China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China or in Hong Kong) (abbr. for 中國概念股|中国概念股[Zhong1 guo2 gai4 nian4 gu3])

(share trading) mid-cap

preferred stock

drab, stereotypical Communist Party writing style

junk bonds; high-yield bonds

share included in composite index

common stock

stock that has potential to increase in value; (fig.) sb with good prospects

cigarette butt

gilt-edged securities

dividend-paying stock

red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)

gilt-edged stock; blue chip stock

to kiss sb's ass; to brown-nose

blue chip stock

to tag along behind; to follow sb closely

(finance) leading stock; market leader

to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom); see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]

laddering (of stock sales)

to have overslept; Rise and shine!

to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom); to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

initial public offering (IPO)

see 首次公開募股|首次公开募股[shou3 ci4 gong1 kai1 mu4 gu3]

lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom); fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly