to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions
不情之请不情之請bu4 qing2 zhi1 qing3
my presumptuous request (humble expr.); if I may be so bold to ask a favor
不请自来不請自來bu4 qing3 zi4 lai2
to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
呈请呈請cheng2 qing3
to submit (to superiors)
吃请吃請chi1 qing3
to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
促请促請cu4 qing3
to urge
负荆请罪負荊請罪fu4 jing1 qing3 zui4
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology
高薪聘请高薪聘請gao1 xin1 pin4 qing3
to hire at a high salary
回请回請hui2 qing3
to return an invitation
敬请敬請jing4 qing3
please (do sth) (deferential form)
恳请懇請ken3 qing3
to request earnestly
另请高明另請高明ling4 qing3 gao1 ming2
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
聘请聘請pin4 qing3
to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
请安請安qing3 an1
to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
请便請便qing3 bian4
Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.
请别见怪請別見怪qing3 bie2 jian4 guai4
please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent
请辞請辭qing3 ci2
to ask sb to resign from a post
请调請調qing3 diao4
to request a transfer
请多关照請多關照qing3 duo1 guan1 zhao4
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
请功請功qing3 gong1
to request recognition for sb's merits; to recommend sb for promotion or an award
请喝茶請喝茶qing3 he1 cha2
(lit.) to invite to tea; (fig.) (of police etc) to interrogate sb about their subversive political activities and warn them against further involvement
请假請假qing3 jia4
to request leave of absence
请柬請柬qing3 jian3
invitation card; written invitation
请将不如激将請將不如激將qing3 jiang4 bu4 ru2 ji1 jiang4
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
请教請教qing3 jiao4
to ask for guidance; to consult
请进請進qing3 jin4
"please come in"
请君入瓮請君入甕qing3 jun1 ru4 weng4
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
请看請看qing3 kan4
please see ...; vide
请客請客qing3 ke4
to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
请领請領qing3 ling3
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
请您回复請您回復qing3 nin2 hui2 fu4
repondez s'il vous plait; R.S.V.P.; please reply
请求請求qing3 qiu2
to request; to ask; request
请求宽恕請求寬恕qing3 qiu2 kuan1 shu4
to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity