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- to make; to produce
- to write; to compose
- to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
- (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
- (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
- to assume (an air or manner)
- arrogant; to put on airs
- (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
- way of handling sth
- method for making
- work method
- recipe
- practice
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
- life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]
- way of doing sth
- behavior
- to act in an affected manner
- mannerism
- gestures in opera
- (in the game of Go) to make an "eye"
- to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information); to be a scout
Trad. 做臉
- to win honor
- to put on a stern face
- to have a facial (beauty treatment)
Trad. 做舊
- to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
Trad. 做賬
- to keep the books; to do the accounts; (in context) to cook the books
- to play tricks
- to cheat
- to get up to mischief
- to become a ghost
- to give up the ghost
Trad. 做學問
- to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
Trad. 做廳長
- (jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
Trad. 做滿月
- to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)
Trad. 做禮拜
- to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
Trad. 無事可做
- to have nothing to do
- to have time on one's hands
Trad. 說到做到
- to be as good as one's word (idiom)
- to keep one's promise
Trad. 白日做夢
- to daydream
- to indulge in wishful thinking
Trad. 好吃懶做
- happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)
- all take and no give
Trad. 光說不做
- (idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
- to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
Trad. 做張做勢
- to put on an act (idiom); to pose
- to show theatrical affectation
- to indulge in histrionics
Trad. 做張做智
- to put on an act (idiom); to pose
- to show theatrical affectation
- to indulge in histrionics
Trad. 做張做致
- see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4]
- to tailor-make
- tailor-made
- tailored to
- customized
Trad. 做牛做馬
- lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
Trad. 做賊心虛
- to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
Trad. 小題大做
- to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
Trad. 敢做敢當
- daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it
- a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
- the buck stops here
Trad. 憑本能做事
- to follow one's nose
Trad. 做準備工作
- to make preparations
Trad. 生米做成熟飯
- lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
- It's too late to change anything now.
- also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
- an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
- lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom)
- fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog
- in for a penny, in for a pound
Trad. 好漢做事好漢當
- daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
- a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
- the buck stops here
Trad. 好心倒做了驢肝肺
- (idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
Trad. 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
- lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- fig. to do one's job mechanically
- to hold a position passively
Trad. 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾
- lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
- fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond