生涯 - shēngyá - career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
畅销 - chàngxiāo - to sell well / best seller / chart-topping
辗转 - zhǎnzhuǎn - to toss about in bed / to pass through many hands or places
素人 - sùrén - untrained / inexperienced person / layman / amateur
维修 - wéixiū - maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
物流 - wùliú - distribution (business) / logistics
学徒 - xuétú - apprentice
标签 - biāoqiān - label / tag / tab (of a window) (computing)
晋升 - jìnshēng - to promote to a higher position
畅销书 - chàngxiāoshū - best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster
忠实 - zhōngshí - faithful
描绘 - miáohuì - to describe / to portray
遭遇 - zāoyù - to meet with / to encounter / (bitter) experience
迷茫 - mímáng - vast and indistinct / perplexed / bewildered / at a loss
汲取 - jíqǔ - to draw / to derive / to absorb
灵感 - línggǎn - inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
论坛 - lùntán - forum (for discussion)
间歇 - jiànxiē - to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence
宅 - zhái - residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home
潜心 - qiánxīn - to concentrate fully on sth / single-minded
拣 - jiǎn - to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up
自述 - zìshù - to recount in one's own words / autobiography / written self-introduction

断断续续 - duànduànxùxù - intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate
无处不在 - wú​chù​bù​zài - to be everywhere
而立之年 - érlìzhīnián - aged thirty
心灰意冷 - xīnhuīyìlěng - discouraged / downhearted