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  *東* | 東* | *東
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
visitor / guest / customer / client / CL:
HSK 2
traveler; tourist / (online gaming) guest player
HSK 2
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
esteemed guest / honored guest / guest (on a show)
HSK 6
guest room / room (in a hotel)
HSK 7-9
honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP
HSK 7-9
guest / visitor
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
hospitality / to treat guests well / to enjoy having guests / hospitable / friendly
HSK 7-9
to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
HSK 7-9
to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
HSK 7-9
guest room
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賓* | 賓* | *賓
visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
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  *桌* | 桌* | *桌
table / desk / classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute)
guests / visitors
hotel guest / tenant
to host a banquet / guest at a banquet
lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
guest
passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner
light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home
to take care of / to raise money / to attend to (guests, customers etc)
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
public lecture (with guest speakers etc)
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
foreign guest / international visitor
visiting professor; guest professor
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
to serve tea (to guests)
disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
both the guests and the hosts thoroughly enjoy themselves (idiom)
guests / invited friends
to get hyped up in front of an audience / (of children) to play up in front of guests
guest and host
guest from afar
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *客* | 客* | *客
customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests
negligent (towards guests)
Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care!
(idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest
guest-house / inn
to put up a guest / to stay overnight
to receive guests / to receive patrons (of prostitutes)
to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc) / (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾)
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company
guest of honor / host and guests
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迓* | 迓* | *迓
to receive (as a guest)
(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest
guest of honor
(of a distinguished guest) honor my house (firm etc) with your presence
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
room to meet guests / parlor
lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酢* | 酢* | *酢
toast to host by guest
distinguished guest; honored guest
seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor
to entertain a guest
guest (to a wedding etc)
to receive (guests, clients) / to interact socially with
special guest performer (in a show) / special guest appearance (in film credits)
male guest; male visitor
to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
uninvited (guest) / unexpected (appearance) / unwanted presence
to arrive without invitation / unexpected guest / unwanted presence
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
(Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo pr. [àu-kheh])
female guest; female visitor
male guest at party
to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for
tavern / guest house / inn / hotel
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. to carry out a scam / to run a protection racket / daylight robbery


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