to make something possible or likely to happen later
使某事变得可能或可能发生 (shǐ mǒu shì biàn dé kěnéng huò kěnéng fāshēng)
"This meeting will set the stage for future cooperation."
"这次会议将为未来的合作奠定基础。" (Zhè cì huìyì jiāng wèi wèilái de hézuò diàndìng jīchǔ.)
to figure something out from the facts
information spreads quickly
to be sensible and intelligent
success comes from hard work, not by chance
something that has great potential to become exceptional
a casual way of asking how someone is doing