it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
to request a transfer
to tender one's resignation
"please come in"
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
to coax and plead
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
to urge
please (formal)
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to submit (to superiors)
to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文[])
to return an invitation
to report, requesting approval / written request for instructions
to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner
to employ / to send for sb promising employment
to recruit / to take on (an employee)
to request / to call for
(courteous) would you please ...
to implore / to entreat
to invite / to issue an invitation
to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
to hire at a high salary
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27