I saw a
bat.
我看到一只蝙蝠。
This boy has a baseball
bat.
这个男孩子有一个棒球棒。
He hid the baseball
bat under his bed.
他把棒球棒藏在床底下。
Chinese internet titans Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are known by the acronym BAT.
On Jan 23, when Nie learned from one of his friends that Wuhan was about to be locked down, he did not bat an eyelid before agreeing to stay put in his job.
"He believes that professionals, like baseball players, must be willing to go out to bat and strike out 99 times - because the 100th time just might be the grand slam that launches their career and helps them make a real impact in their field.
China is embracing a larger role in the global sports world as a Chinese company is poised to acquire the company that owns one of the most iconic brands associated with the US pastime of baseball: the Louisville Slugger baseball bat.
The hardwood Louisville Slugger bats are mainstays among American ballplayers from youth leagues to the major league, where it is the official and No 1 bat.
The three biggest tech companies are collectively known as BAT in the Chinese tech industry.
com, Meituan Dianping became the fourth-largest tech giant after BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) in China.
The trading debut makes the mainland company the fourth-largest tech firm in terms of market capitalization, next only to the tech triumvirate of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, collectively known as "BAT".
Meituan-Dianping, coupled with mainland's news aggregator Toutiao and ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing, are seen by industry insiders and analysts as the trio of tech superstars who can take the baton from "BAT".
BEIJING－Affiliates of Baidu Inc, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd, known collectively as BAT, are becoming strategic investors in Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd.
This is reflective in the meteoric rise of the tech-trinity BAT (standing for Chinese technology firms Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) in China.
British American Tobacco, which is also known as BAT, is the second-largest tobacco company in the world and owns popular cigarette brands including Dunhill, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall.
This is the first time BAT has invested in a venture capital fund as part of research and development activity.
“We are excited to be working with China Materialia,” a BAT spokeswoman told China Daily.
BAT said that the investment in China Materialia will provide the company with access to new and emerging technologies and help with the development of “next generation products”.
BAT already owns several vape brands, including Vype, Vuse, Ten Motives and Chic.
BAT is one of five corporations to invest in China Materialia in recent funding rounds, including United States-based chemical company BASF, California-based venture capital company GE Ventures, South Korean technology firm Samsung, and Saudi Arabian manufacturing firm Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.
"IDG Capital was lucky to have been early investors in two of China's BAT companies, Baidu and Tencent, and we are always looking forward to capturing companies which can go beyond the BAT," said IDG Capital Global Chairman Xiong Xiaoge, also known as Hugo Shong.
China is at the forefront of digital innovation through world-class tech giants such as BAT (Baidu Inc, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and Tencent Holdings Ltd).
The country's biggest internet companies including the BAT trilogy, namely Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, have either set up or backed major players.
It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin.
The country is a hub for digital innovation, given the massive contributions by the Tech Trinity, or BAT, a phrase that refers to Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
Now, the scene is getting even more exciting with the advent of a string of new players that are poised to challenge BAT, Chin said.
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the three Chinese tech giants, are collectively known as BAT.
"With the new arrangement, tech giants similar to the BAT - the acronym for tech giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent - may come forth on mainland bourses," Zhu said, adding that these tech giants chose to list on overseas bourses that have supportive rules for innovative enterprises.
The new tech trio refers to Toutiao, Meituan-Dianping and Didi Chuxing, together dubbed "TMD," which are compared with the well-known trio of "BAT," Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
"In the US, banks are the main driver of fintech innovations, while in China, BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) representing the enterprises contribute most to the fintech development," Huang said.