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to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner
please see ... / vide
please, have a seat
HSK 1
application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
application form
to coax and plead
to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
to ask for instructions
to urge
to employ / to send for sb promising employment
(courteous) would you please ...
to report, requesting approval / written request for instructions
to request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous task
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文)
to request earnestly
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
petition
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
invitation letter / CL:
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
"please come in"
HSK 1
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to propose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
No smoking / Please do not smoke
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
to request / to call for
to apply for sth / application form (CL:)
HSK 4
to engage / to hire (a lawyer etc)
HSK 6
to request leave of absence
HSK 1
to invite / invitation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to submit (to superiors)
please (do sth) (deferential form)
HSK 7-9
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
applicant
to request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
petition (for action to be taken)
to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
please do not disturb
to volunteer for military service / to offer oneself for an assignment
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
to request help / to appeal (for assistance)
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
to tender one's resignation
to implore / to entreat
please don't
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
please (formal)
to request a transfer
to invite / to issue an invitation
to return an invitation
to hire at a high salary
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
please don't be upset / no hard feelings / absit iniuria verbis / let injury by words be absent
leave of absence request (from work or school)
to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
to sue for mercy / to ask for forgiveness / begging for magnanimity


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