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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
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 pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
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
petition (for action to be taken)
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
to request a transfer
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
please see ... / vide
to request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
to request help / to appeal (for assistance)
please do not disturb
leave of absence request (from work or school)
petition
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
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
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to sue for mercy / to ask for forgiveness / begging for magnanimity


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