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please, have a seat
HSK 1
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
"please come in"
HSK 1
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
to apply for sth / application form (CL:)
HSK 4
to request leave of absence
HSK 1
to invite / invitation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文)
to engage / to hire (a lawyer etc)
HSK 6
application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
application form
please see ... / vide
to report, requesting approval / written request for instructions
to ask for instructions
please (do sth) (deferential form)
HSK 7-9
to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
to coax and plead
to propose
(courteous) would you please ...
No smoking / Please do not smoke
to request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous task
to urge
to employ / to send for sb promising employment
to request earnestly
petition (for action to be taken)
petition
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to volunteer for military service / to offer oneself for an assignment
invitation letter / CL:
to request / to call for
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
to invite / to issue an invitation
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
applicant
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
to tender one's resignation
to submit (to superiors)
please don't
invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
please (formal)
lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
to request a transfer
to request help / to appeal (for assistance)
to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
to return an invitation
to hire at a high salary
please do not disturb
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
to request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
leave of absence request (from work or school)
please don't be upset / no hard feelings / absit iniuria verbis / let injury by words be absent
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
to implore / to entreat
to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
to sue for mercy / to ask for forgiveness / begging for magnanimity


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