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- minister
- diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
Trad. 誘使
- to lure into
- to entrap
- to trick into
- to entice
- to induce
- to invite
- to tempt
Trad. 使喚
- to order sb around
- (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc)
- Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- to use (an animal or servant)
- working (animal)
- (beast) of burden
- causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
- usable; serviceable
- feasible; workable; doable
- to make; to cause; to bring about
Trad. 羅曼使
- romance
- love affair
- more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史
Trad. 勸農使
- envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)
Trad. 節度使
- Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
Trad. 頤指氣使
- lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- arrogant and bossy
Trad. 頤指風使
- lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- arrogant and bossy
- demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
- curious coincidence
- "angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
- as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
- freely and effortlessly
- to have perfect command of
- person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador
Trad. 使徒行傳
- Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
- an ambassador of the church
- an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
- the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
- curious coincidence
Trad. 任賢使能
- to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Trad. 見風使帆
- lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
- to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
Trad. 見風使舵
- lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
- to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
Trad. 尊賢使能
- to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
Trad. 天使報喜節
- Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March)
- Lady day
- no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)
- NFU
Trad. 岩倉使節團
- the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
- messenger RNA, mRNA
Trad. 馬噶爾尼使團
- the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
Trad. 馬戛爾尼使團
- the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
Trad. 重複使力傷害
- repetitive strain injury (RSI)
Trad. 有錢能使鬼推磨
- lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
- fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Trad. 兩國相爭，不斬來使
- when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)