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HSK
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
to wait; to wait for
HSK 3
treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
HSK 4
to look upon; to regard
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
HSK 7-9
in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
HSK 6
to mistreat / to maltreat / to abuse / mistreatment / maltreatment
HSK 7-9
discount coupon / complimentary ticket
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
to need urgently; to need doing without delay
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
not yet (done) / pending
HSK 7-9
to be lenient with others (idiom)
needless to say; it goes without saying
to await a decision / to be pending
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
to be on call / to be on standby
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting
to treat well
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
to be about to
guesthouse; hostel
needless to say / it goes without saying
special treatment
reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
(idiom) to interact with people
press conference
hands tied and expecting the worst
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to provide warm hospitality
to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
sexual abuse
to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
(coll.) to like
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
under investigation / currently unknown
waiting time / (computing) latency
unresolved / awaiting solution
to slight (treat badly)
to entertain / to be hospitable to
to treat
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to wait for employment; to be unemployed
emergency standby / to be on standby
to treat leniently / liberal treatment
suspended meal (Tw)
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
wait a minute / stop a while
(idiom) time and tide wait for no man
to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer
receptionist
most favored nation
to wait until / until
(law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and companies are accorded the same treatment as nationals or domestic goods, services and companies within the host country
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
to wait on / to attend / to serve
to treat sb unfairly
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
reception room
Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
codeine (loanword)
in bud / budding
to await death / to be a sitting duck
treat harshly
generous treatment
(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
to treat utterly sincerely / open and above board in dealing with sb
to show favoritism against sb / to treat unfairly
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
evening primrose
sadism / sadist
on call / always available / ready at all times
to be advised / awaiting an answer
to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
(law) privileges granted to foreigners exceeding those accorded to nationals of the host country (cf. 國民待遇|国民待遇, national treatment)
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)

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