老朋友: old friend, (slang) period, menstruation...
饺子: dumpling, pot-sticker...
片: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc, Kangxi radical 91...
哲学: philosophy...
精简: to simplify, to reduce...
全力以赴: to do at all costs, to make an all-out effort...
传媒: media...
象征: emblem, symbol, token, badge, to symbolize, to signify, to stand for...
涨价: to appreciate (in value), to increase in price...
厂长: factory director...