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HSK
to wait; to wait for
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
to look upon; to regard
HSK 5
not yet (done) / pending
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
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
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
to need urgently; to need doing without delay
preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
to treat well
to entertain / to be hospitable to
to treat
generous treatment
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
to treat sb unfairly
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
to slight (treat badly)
mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
to treat leniently / liberal treatment
sexual abuse
to wait until / until
to provide warm hospitality
to expect in a short time (idiom) / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4]
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
treat harshly
to show favoritism against sb / to treat unfairly
variant of 交代
variant of 亟待
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
(idiom) time and tide wait for no man
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 wait on / to attend / to serve
to treat utterly sincerely / open and above board in dealing with sb


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