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 | 请 | | qĭng | 动 | | | 1 request; ask: | | | 请人来修机器 get sb. to repair the machine; get the machine repaired | | | 请他进来。 Ask him in. | | | 请你多加指导。 It is hoped you will give us guidance. |
| 2 invite; engage: | | | 请医生 send for a doctor | | | 请总工程师来讲课 invite the chief engineer to give a lecture |
| 3 〈敬〉 please: | | | 请坐。 Won't you sit down? or Please be seated. | | | 请安静。 Be quiet, please. | | | 请速回信。 Please reply as soon as possible. |
| 4 〈旧〉 buy holy sacrificial things, such as joss sticks, candles, paper horses and Buddha shrines |
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