to ask for leave; to ask for time off; to ask for a day off; to request a leave of absence; to ask for (sick) leave; to take time off; vacate
to request recognition for sb's merits; to recommend sb for promotion or an award
to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation
(see also 打千)
to entertain guests; to invite (someone) to dinner; to give a dinner party; to treat (someone) to dinner
invitation (card); card; (written) invitation
petition (for action to be taken)
to request help; to appeal (for assistance)
to ask for guidance; to consult
invitation card; written invitation
to request; to ask; request
to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness
to ask sb to resign from a post
excuse me; please; may I ask(...?); we should like to ask; it may be asked; one may ask
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
(lit.) to invite to tea; (fig.) (of police etc) to interrogate sb about their subversive political activities and warn them against further involvement
please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent
do not disturb; please do not disturb; please don't disturb
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting); please be concerned; kind consideration; special care
repondez s'il vous plait; R.S.V.P.; please reply
to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
(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
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law)
to entertain (for dinner); to feast; to fete; to invite to dinner
to employ; to send for sb promising employment
to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions
to recruit; to take on (an employee)
please (do sth) (deferential form)
to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
to apply (for something); file an application; application (form etc)
to invite; to issue an invitation
to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
application; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
my presumptuous request (humble expr.); if I may be so bold to ask a favor
to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
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