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


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