- to construct; to build
- inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- in many stages; multilayered; multipronged (attack)
- written examination; paper test (for an applicant)
- to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
- to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication
- stupefied; stunned
- to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- public (e.g. school, hospital)
- to select the best
- hardships; arduous; difficult
- to evaluate; to assess; assessment; evaluation
- two sides; both sides
- suit; Western-style clothes; CL:套[tao4]
- to rent; to lease; to hire
- to invite applications for a job; to recruit
- (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
- to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
- drinking party; wine reception
- Peter (name)
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- (piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
- adequate; sufficient; abundant
- free (of charge)
- etiquette; ceremony
- to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- good luck
- Brian (name)
- to ask the way; to ask
- (exclamation); to hiccup
- I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- difference; peculiar
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
- news; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)