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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 accomplish / to achieve
HSK 2
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
HSK 4
to do business
HSK 7-9
variant of 作證|作证
HSK 7-9
to have something made to order
HSK 7-9
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋
to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
to go to extremes / to leave no room for maneuver
to conduct oneself / to behave with integrity
to make to order / to have sth made to order
to liken to / to compare to
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as
to be called; to be known as
to put out / to issue
to cook / cooking
to make love
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
to act in a play / to put on a play
to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
to redo
to start a new life; to make a fresh start
to act as host
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
to work / to do manual labor
to speak / to emit sound
to kill / to get rid of / (sports) to defeat / to eliminate
thrifty / economical
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
to do needlework
to be all talk and no action
to undertake / to take on (i.e. to accept a task)
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking
(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
to become related by marriage / to marry
arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
to take an official post / to become a government employee
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为
to celebrate a birthday
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 regard as / to look upon as
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
variant of 作主
to keep sb company / to accompany
to be called / to be known as
way of doing sth / behavior / to act in an affected manner / mannerism / gestures in opera
to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
to finish / to complete the task
to give sb a meaningful look
to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
to sell short (finance)
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
to pray
to make (food) on the spot / freshly-made
to tailor-make / tailor-made / tailored to / customized
to do as instructed / to comply
to practice (work skills)
to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb
to be oneself
market maker
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 have nothing to do / to have time on one's hands
lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
keep silent / not say a word
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
impossible
to do a favor to sb
erhua variant of 做伴
affected / artificial
to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
to be sb's concubine
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
to practice (work skills)
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
to do exercises / to do gymnastics

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