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  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
to request leave of absence
HSK 1
please, have a seat
HSK 1
"please come in"
HSK 1
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
to apply for sth / application form (CL:)
HSK 4
to invite / invitation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to engage / to hire (a lawyer etc)
HSK 6
please (do sth) (deferential form)
HSK 7-9
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
to ask for instructions
please don't
to volunteer for military service / to offer oneself for an assignment
to report, requesting approval / written request for instructions
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
to propose
(courteous) would you please ...
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to ask sb to resign from a post
to invite / to issue an invitation
petition (for action to be taken)
to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
to submit (to superiors)
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
to request a transfer
to employ / to send for sb promising employment
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
to return an invitation
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to implore / to entreat
to urge
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to request earnestly
please see ... / vide
to request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
please (formal)
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
to request help / to appeal (for assistance)
invitation letter / CL:
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
application form
application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文)
invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
please do not disturb
leave of absence request (from work or school)
petition
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
to request / to call for
No smoking / Please do not smoke
lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
please don't be upset / no hard feelings / absit iniuria verbis / let injury by words be absent
applicant
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to coax and plead
to sue for mercy / to ask for forgiveness / begging for magnanimity
to hire at a high salary


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