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lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为
to do business
HSK 7-9
to put out / to issue
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
HSK 4
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
to be oneself
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
to take an official post / to become a government employee
to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
to go to extremes / to leave no room for maneuver
market maker
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
to make an error
to make love
to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
to act in a play / to put on a play
to undertake / to take on (i.e. to accept a task)
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
to be called; to be known as
keep silent / not say a word
to celebrate a birthday
to finish / to complete the task
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
to make (food) on the spot / freshly-made
to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as
way of doing sth / behavior / to act in an affected manner / mannerism / gestures in opera
to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
to conduct oneself / to behave with integrity
to regard as / to look upon as
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
to cook / cooking
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
to give sb a meaningful look
to be sb's concubine
to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal
(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
to liken to / to compare to
to be called / to be known as
to practice (work skills)
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
impossible
to accomplish / to achieve
HSK 2
to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb
to turn into
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
to be as good as one's word (idiom) / to keep one's promise
all talk and no action (idiom) / to preach what one does not practice / same as 光說不做|光说不做
to start a new life; to make a fresh start
to follow one's nose
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋
to do as instructed / to comply
to make to order / to have sth made to order
to practice (work skills)
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to make preparations
to work / to do manual labor
to speak / to emit sound
to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
thrifty / economical
to sell short (finance)
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
to be all talk and no action
to redo
to frown
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
to do a favor to sb
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
affected / artificial
to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer
to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out / to experiment
to keep sb company / to accompany
to kill / to get rid of / (sports) to defeat / to eliminate
to become related by marriage / to marry
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
to do exercises / to do gymnastics
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
to have nothing to do / to have time on one's hands
unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
to do needlework
to act as host

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