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


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