draw customers; fill seats
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of theaters, restaurants, etc.) to draw customers; to have patrons arrive and be seated
Often used to describe the business situation of entertainment venues and dining establishments. In sentences, it can function as the subject referring to the state of patronage (e.g., '上座儿已到八成').
Xì戏
yuán园
zi子
lǐ里
shàng上
zuò座
ér儿
yǐ已
dào到
bā八
chéng成
。
The theater has reached eighty percent capacity.
Zhè这
jiā家
xīn新
kāi开
de的
huǒ火
guō锅
diàn店
wǎn晚
shang上
tè特
bié别
shàng上
zuò座
ér儿
。
This newly opened hot pot restaurant draws a lot of customers in the evenings.
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Zhōu周
mò末
de的
diàn电
yǐng影
yuàn院
zǒng总
shì是
shàng上
zuò座
ér儿
lǜ率
hěn很
gāo高
。
The cinema always has a high attendance rate on weekends.