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HSK
to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *使* | 使* | *使
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
HSK 3
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
to prompt; to induce; to spur
HSK 4
embassy / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
even if; even though
HSK 5
to exert all one's strength
HSK 4
ambassador / envoy / CL: ,
HSK 6
angel
HSK 7-9
to exercise (a right etc)
HSK 7-9
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
to force; to compel
HSK 7-9
emissary / envoy
HSK 7-9
minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling
HSK 7-9
apostle
to cause / to result in
HSK 7-9
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
convincing
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
to use / to exert
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
"angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
if / in case / suppose / given ...
HSK 7-9
special envoy / special ambassador
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor
to exert all one's strength
(literary) to make it so / to dictate
terms of use
messenger / courier
consulate / diplomatic mission
secret envoy
Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
to force; to oblige
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
to give sb a meaningful look
volume of use / usage amount
embassy (old term) / foreign mission
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
a diplomatic group / a delegation
to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief
recycle / to use in cyclic order
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
diplomatic mission
usable value
an ambassador of the church / an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
usage rights
imperative sentence
to order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
HSK 7-9
embassy and consulate
draft animals / beasts of burden
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) / Lady day
usage (i.e. extent of use)
(Tw) user
to exercise power
to order (sb) around / to send on an errand; to send away
to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission
secret envoy / acupuncture point Pc-5
angel investor
to urge / to prompt / to spur on / to order sb about
to lose one's temper
to cause / to render
messenger RNA, mRNA
peace envoy
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
ambassador and consul / diplomat
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador
(diplomatic) envoy
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
in order that / so that / so as to / to cause sth
plenipotentiary ambassador
angel investment
goodwill ambassador
to dispatch an envoy
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
no first use (policy for nuclear weapons) / NFU
to use (sb) as a tool
to throw a fit / to act temperamental
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
even if / even though
envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)
ambassadorial
commissioner (old)
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
erhua variant of 使勁|使劲
romance / love affair / more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史


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