to be in control of your own activities or business
掌控自己的活动或生意 (zhang kong zi ji de huo dong huo sheng yi)
"After years of working for others, he wanted to run his own show."
"在为别人工作多年后，他想经营自己的生意。" (Zai wei bieren gongzuo duo nian hou, ta xiang jingying ziji de shengyi)
to catch someone off guard; to surprise unexpectedly
to summarize something briefly
By being truthful, you can avoid trouble and feel liberated.
to become too frightened to do something
to leave for a particular place
to trust someone with something important
