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Definitions
- 1. to make
- 2. to cause
- 3. to enable
- 4. to use
- 5. to employ
- 6. to send
- 7. to instruct sb to do sth
- 8. envoy
- 9. messenger
Example Sentences
1 shownTatoeba會 使 人上癮。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 使
to use (an animal or servant)
to order (sb) around
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
peace envoy
romance
usage rights
if
to use (sb) as a tool
person who represents an organization and enhances its image
to incite
messenger RNA, mRNA
usable
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
apostle
a diplomatic group
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
to go abroad as ambassador
angel
to order sb around
to urge
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
to exercise (a right etc)
secret envoy
imperative sentence
Rearing
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
consulate
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
official post
easy to use
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
(literary) to make it so
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
to unify
even if
cannot be used
recycle
to force; to oblige
no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)
to exercise power
mission
to lure into
to induce
(diplomatic) envoy
secret envoy
goodwill ambassador
draft animals
harden
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
an ambassador of the church
\angel in white\ (laudatory term for a nurse)
usable value
messenger
convincing
even if; even though
user
embassy
to exert all one's strength
to mastermind
to cause
to send
emissary
foreign mission
embassy and consulate
ambassadorial
to force
ambassador and consul
to use
special envoy
to put to work (servant or animal)
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
ambassador
to reuse
usage (i.e. extent of use)
to play dirty tricks
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March)
Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
to exert all one's strength
to use
envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)
volume of use
terms of use
to cause
diplomatic mission
to dispatch an envoy
minister
in order that
to give sb a meaningful look
plenipotentiary ambassador
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
to throw a fit