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HSK
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
to wait; to wait for
HSK 3
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
to look upon; to regard
HSK 5
in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
HSK 7-9
to mistreat / to maltreat / to abuse / mistreatment / maltreatment
HSK 7-9
not yet (done) / pending
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
discount coupon / complimentary ticket
to treat well
to treat sb unfairly
wait a minute / stop a while
guesthouse; hostel
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to be continued
to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
to treat
to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)
to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting
receptionist
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
sadism / sadist
press conference
(idiom) time and tide wait for no man
to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to treat leniently / liberal treatment
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
to wait until / until
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
to show favoritism against sb / to treat unfairly
treat harshly
most favored nation
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
codeine (loanword)
reception room
to wait for employment; to be unemployed
to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction
cry piteously for food
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
to await death / to be a sitting duck
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
to await a decision / to be pending
to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer
Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
(idiom) to interact with people
to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
in bud / budding
(coll.) to like
generous treatment
to expect in a short time (idiom) / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4]
under investigation / currently unknown
to slight (treat badly)
needless to say / it goes without saying
(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
variant of 交代
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
to need urgently; to need doing without delay
to wait on / to attend / to serve
unresolved / awaiting solution
to be lenient with others (idiom)
sexual abuse
waiting time / (computing) latency
reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
suspended meal (Tw)
to be about to
needless to say; it goes without saying
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
to be on call / to be on standby
evening primrose
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
to be advised / awaiting an answer
to-do list
variant of 亟待
emergency standby / to be on standby
hands tied and expecting the worst
to entertain / to be hospitable to
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归
to provide warm hospitality
special treatment

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