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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 enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
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  *招* | 招* | *招
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
HSK 6
to hire / to recruit
HSK 7-9
to invite bids
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
to recruit / to enlist
HSK 7-9
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
HSK 7-9
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数
HSK 7-9
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
smart move / clever way of doing sth
share offer
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
to recruit
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
to be infectious / to recruit
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 make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to
admissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生辦公室|招生办公室)
to advertise for the owner of lost property
(gaming or martial arts) a sequence of attacks or moves; combo
to resist; to ward off; to hold one's own
to recruit employees
(martial arts) formalized move
to attract
to recruit soldiers
trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
to ask for sb's surrender
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
poster / placard / bill
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
to give advice / to make a suggestion / to help out
to flutter / to sway
to canvass (for customers) / to solicit / to recruit
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
to court (trouble); to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb)
to confess
to call; to summon
(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town
Zhaoyuan, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
move (in chess or martial arts)
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
to obtain confessions under torture
to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage
to invite disaster
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
to fight / to exchange blows
to confess
lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝)
recruitment meeting / job fair
dirty trick
to receive (guests, clients) / to interact socially with
to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice
to ask for a beating
(of a sex worker) to solicit customers
prospectus (setting out a share offer)
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
investment promotion
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
to arouse animosity
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
social recruiting (abbr. for 社會招聘|社会招聘)
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考
signature move
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall
the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious / making eyes at sb
charming / attractive / delightful
jug ears
prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter
to play tricks
initial public offering (IPO)
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
admissions officer; enrollment officer; college recruiter
to play tricks on sb
to own up to the facts
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
label / sticker
Zhaoyuan, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong

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