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Trad. 盤店
- to buy a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets
- to sell a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets
- lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
- fig. a scam
- protection racket
- daylight robbery
- Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- (Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear themed uniforms (e.g. nurse, student, maid etc), often featuring a more openly flirtatious or physically intimate style of service
4S店
- authorized full-service car dealership (offering sales, spare parts, after-sales service and customer support)
- Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 qu1], Beijing
Trad. 張店區
- Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
Trad. 板門店
- Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
Trad. 直營店
- company-owned store; store directly operated by the parent company (as opposed to one run by a franchisee, agent or distributor)
Trad. 開黑店
- lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
- fig. to carry out a scam
- to run a protection racket
- daylight robbery
Trad. 酒店業
- the catering industry
- the hotel and restaurant business
Trad. 雞毛店
- a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
Trad. 禮服店
- (Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear formal evening gowns
Trad. 實體店
- brick and mortar business
- physical (rather than online) retail store
Trad. 小店區
- Xiaodian district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
Trad. 專營店
- exclusive agency
- franchised shop
- authorized store
Trad. 藥妝店
- drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)
- (Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear their own casual clothes (as opposed to costumes or formalwear)
- Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan
Trad. 長城飯店
- Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登)
Trad. 關店歇業
- to close up shop and cease business temporarily
- closed for business
Trad. 新華書店
- Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
Trad. 三聯書店
- Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
- Gaobeidian, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
- Wafangdian, a county-level city in Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 友誼商店
- Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, specializing in selling imported Western goods and quality Chinese crafts
Trad. 駐馬店市
- Zhumadian, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
- Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)
Trad. 過了這村沒這店
- past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
- this is your last chance
Trad. 前不巴村，後不巴店
- see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4]
Trad. 前不著村，後不著店
- lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- to be in a predicament
Trad. 過了這個村就沒這個店
- past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
- this is your last chance