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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 wave / to beckon
HSK 5
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *招* | 招* | *招
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
HSK 6
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数
HSK 7-9
to hire / to recruit
HSK 7-9
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
to recruit / to enlist
HSK 7-9
to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
HSK 7-9
to invite bids
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
to ask for sb's surrender
smart move / clever way of doing sth
to court (trouble); to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb)
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
to attract
share offer
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
recruitment meeting / job fair
to flutter / to sway
(martial arts) formalized move
to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
to call on (people) to gather; to convene
(of a sex worker) to solicit customers
to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice
to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to
to canvass (for customers) / to solicit / to recruit
trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
(of a house or room) to be for rent
to call; to summon
to hire a prostitute
to invite disaster
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
to advertise for the owner of lost property
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 advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
to confess
guesthouse; hostel
to resist; to ward off; to hold one's own
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
flag to attract departed spirits
press conference
to ask for a beating
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
to own up to the facts
to arouse animosity
to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
request bus stop
to be infectious / to recruit
poster / placard / bill
admissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生辦公室|招生办公室)
(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town
to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
Zhaoyuan, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
to play tricks on sb
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
to confess
jug ears
lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝)
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
to recruit soldiers
to recruit employees
to obtain confessions under torture
to attract / to incur
the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious / making eyes at sb
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
to give advice / to make a suggestion / to help out
lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
investment promotion
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
to recruit
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
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
lost-and-found
to flutter in the wind (idiom)
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
signature move
to receive (guests, clients) / to interact socially with
beckon
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
recruiting agency
charming / attractive / delightful
initial public offering (IPO)

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