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to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
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to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
HSK 6
(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
to invite bids
HSK 7-9
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
to ask for a beating
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
HSK 7-9
smart move / clever way of doing sth
to recruit / to enlist
HSK 7-9
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
to hire / to recruit
HSK 7-9
to recruit employees
to be infectious / to recruit
to own up to the facts
bid inviting and bid offering / bidding / auction
prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter
guesthouse; hostel
to confess
move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数
HSK 7-9
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
move (in chess or martial arts)
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
investment promotion
beckon
to advertise / to solicit business
to recruit
press conference
lost-and-found
to confess
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
to obtain confessions under torture
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
recruitment meeting / job fair
to play tricks
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
to invite disaster
(of a house or room) to be for rent
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage
admissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生辦公室|招生办公室)
senior high school enrollment
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
flag to attract departed spirits
to play tricks on sb
(martial arts) formalized move
to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
jug ears
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to
label / sticker
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
to flutter / to sway
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
prospectus
Zhaoyuan, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
charming / attractive / delightful
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
to arouse animosity
clever move from out of left field
recruiting agency
campus recruiting (abbr. for 校園招聘|校园招聘)
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall
request bus stop
national unified entrance exam
share offer
to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
to flutter in the wind (idiom)
to call; to summon
to canvass (for customers) / to solicit / to recruit
to court (trouble); to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb)
signature move
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
to fight / to exchange blows
(of a sex worker) to solicit customers
admissions officer; enrollment officer; college recruiter
to ask for sb's surrender
the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious / making eyes at sb
prospectus (setting out a share offer)
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender

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