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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to accomplish / to achieve
HSK 2
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
HSK 4
variant of 作證|作证
HSK 7-9
to do business
HSK 7-9
to put out / to issue
to sell short (finance)
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
to be sb's concubine
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋
to make love
to take an official post / to become a government employee
to conduct oneself / to behave with integrity
to act in a play / to put on a play
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
to cook / cooking
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
affected / artificial
way of doing sth / behavior / to act in an affected manner / mannerism / gestures in opera
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
to speak / to emit sound
to keep sb company / to accompany
variant of 作主
to act as host
to do exercises / to do gymnastics
(in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information); to be a scout
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
to become related by marriage / to marry
to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为
to make an error
to finish / to complete the task
to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer
to go to extremes / to leave no room for maneuver
(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
to kill / to get rid of / (sports) to defeat / to eliminate
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb
to study / to engage in scholarship
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
to practice (work skills)
to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
to celebrate a birthday
impossible
to do a favor to sb
erhua variant of 做活
to work / to do manual labor
to give sb a meaningful look
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
thrifty / economical
erhua variant of 做伴
arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
to practice (work skills)
market maker
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
to make preparations
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
to frown
to pray
to be oneself
to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal
to do needlework


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