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to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
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to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
HSK 6
to provoke laughter; silly; ridiculous
move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数
HSK 7-9
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
to canvass (for customers) / to solicit / to recruit
to ask for a beating
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
to fight / to exchange blows
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
smart move / clever way of doing sth
to recruit / to enlist
HSK 7-9
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
to hire / to recruit
HSK 7-9
to recruit employees
to invite bids
HSK 7-9
to be infectious / to recruit
prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter
guesthouse; hostel
to recruit
press conference
investment promotion
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
move (in chess or martial arts)
lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝)
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
to advertise for the owner of lost property
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
HSK 7-9
recruiting agency
to own up to the facts
to confess
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
to obtain confessions under torture
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
recruitment meeting / job fair
poster / placard / bill
to attract / to incur
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
to play tricks
signature move
(of a house or room) to be for rent
prospectus (setting out a share offer)
senior high school enrollment
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in
to invite disaster
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice
flag to attract departed spirits
to play tricks on sb
(martial arts) formalized move
to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
charming / attractive / delightful
to confess
initial public offering (IPO)
to flutter / to sway
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
bid inviting and bid offering / bidding / auction
to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage
national unified entrance exam
to arouse animosity
clever move from out of left field
prospectus
campus recruiting (abbr. for 校園招聘|校园招聘)
to advertise / to solicit business
label / sticker
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
jug ears
to flutter in the wind (idiom)
lost-and-found
request bus stop
share offer
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
to call; to summon
to court (trouble); to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb)
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
beckon
(of a sex worker) to solicit customers
Zhaoyuan, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
admissions officer; enrollment officer; college recruiter
to ask for sb's surrender
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall

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