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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zuò]
  1. 1. verb [制造] make
    个布娃娃
    make a cloth doll
  2. 2. verb [写作] write
    文章
    write an essay
  3. 3. verb [从事] do
    生意
    do business
  4. 4. verb [举行] hold
    寿
    hold a birthday party
  5. 5. verb [充当] be
    大会主席
    chair a meeting
  6. 6. verb [用作] be used as
    这块布可以窗帘。
    This piece of cloth can be used as a curtain.
  7. 7. verb [结成] become
    朋友
    become friends

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[zuò]
  1. 1. perpetrate
  2. 2. have
  3. 3. char
  4. 4. render
  5. 5. blow
  6. 6. pull
  7. 7. dress
  8. 8. exercise
  9. 9. F
  10. 10. perform
  11. 11. doing
  12. 12. play
  13. 13. give
  14. 14. make
  15. 15. do

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[zuò]
  1. 1. 干,从事某种工作或进行某种活动
    事情。
    针线活。
    实验。
    工。
  2. 2. 制造
    家具。
    衣服。
    饭。
  3. 3.
    文章。
    作业。
  4. 4. 举办;举行
    礼拜。
    满月。
    寿。
  5. 5. 充当;成为
    个好孩子。
    媒人。
    奴隶。
  6. 6. 联结成(某种关系)
    夫妻。
    街坊。
  7. 7. 用作
    这间屋子教室。
    送本书纪念。
  8. 8. 装出(某种样子)
    鬼脸。
    样子。
    作。
  9. 9. E((BZ1))统读zuò,不读zuó。((BZ2))参见"作"的提示。

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兼职的前提是应先好自己的本业。
The precondition of doing part time jobs is to fulfill one’s primary occupation first.
你要从新人,不能再违法的事情了。
You should start all over and never break the law again.
账时,这部分要另分账。
This part should be dealt with as a separate account.
他总是这样讥评单位上上下下的同事,却不去自己该的事。
Instead of doing his own duties, he is always ridiculing his colleagues, high and low.
错事的人罚款五百元,事认真的人奖励五百元,大家认为这种方法奖罚分明,十分合理。
The idea that people who fail in their work will get a fine of five hundred Yuan, while those who work hard get an award of five hundred, is generally considered to be a very reasonable way of dispensing rewards and punishment.
在学校,他总是肯于好老师要他的各种事情。
He is willing to do well whatever teachers ask him to do.
联户办企业的优势是可以将资金集中,扩大规模,强。
The advantage of a corporate partnership is that it can pool funds, and enlarge the scale to make the company more powerful.
小时候我们自己过捻捻转儿,剪一个圆纸片儿,中间插个竹签轴,一捻就转了。
In our childhood, we made wooden tops: cut out a round strip of paper, insert a bamboo stick as a shaft, twist it, and it will rotate at once.
他爱好烹饪,菜对他来说都是庖厨乐事。
He loves cooking. Preparing meals and dishes is a joy for him.
我们人、事应“前事不忘,后世之师”。
We should learn from past events and let them be a guide to the future.

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