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HSK
to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
HSK 2
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
(diplomatic) envoy
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
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  *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
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
embassy (old term) / foreign mission
minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
consulate / diplomatic mission
apostle
to order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
HSK 7-9
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
ambassador / envoy / CL: ,
HSK 6
to prompt; to induce; to spur
HSK 4
convincing
even if; even though
HSK 5
angel
HSK 7-9
diplomatic mission
embassy / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
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
to exercise (a right etc)
HSK 7-9
"angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
to force; to compel
HSK 7-9
emissary / envoy
HSK 7-9
to exert all one's strength
to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief
ambassadorial
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)
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
to exert all one's strength
HSK 4
usage rights
terms of use
to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor
(literary) to make it so / to dictate
messenger / courier
mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling
HSK 7-9
secret envoy
even if / even though
to cause / to result in
HSK 7-9
angel investor
to use (sb) as a tool
to give sb a meaningful look
plenipotentiary ambassador
volume of use / usage amount
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
usable value
recycle / to use in cyclic order
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
an ambassador of the church / an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
goodwill ambassador
angel investment
secret envoy / acupuncture point Pc-5
imperative sentence
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable
if / in case / suppose / given ...
HSK 7-9
(Tw) user
draft animals / beasts of burden
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
to order (sb) around / to send on an errand; to send away
romance / love affair / more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史
Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission
to lose one's temper
embassy and consulate
a diplomatic group / a delegation
to cause / to render
messenger RNA, mRNA
peace envoy
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
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
to exercise power
to urge / to prompt / to spur on / to order sb about
in order that / so that / so as to / to cause sth
to force; to oblige
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to dispatch an envoy
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
usage (i.e. extent of use)
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
commissioner (old)
no first use (policy for nuclear weapons) / NFU
to throw a fit / to act temperamental
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖
to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) / Lady day
erhua variant of 使勁|使劲

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