招来

招來
zhāolái
  1. to attract
  2. to incur

CEDICT

  1. (alt. form 招徠／招徕) to solicit (customers or business); to canvass; to recruit; to attract
  2. to solicit (customers or business); to canvass; to recruit; to attract

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 招 zhāo
  1. to recruit
  2. to provoke
  3. to beckon
  4. to incur
  5. to infect
  6. contagious
  7. a move (chess)
  8. a maneuver
  9. device
  10. trick
  11. to confess
2 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

Containing this entry

从实招来 cóngshízhāolái to own up to the facts

Related entries

勾 gōu
  1. to attract
  2. to arouse
  3. to tick
  4. to strike out
  5. to delineate
  6. to collude
  7. variant of 钩 gōu, hook
孩子的新毛衣上勾了一个洞。

The child has picked a hole in his new jumper.

Source: Tatoeba

招引 zhāoyǐn to attract
撩人 liáorén
  1. to attract
  2. to titillate
惹人 rěrén
  1. to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc)
  2. to offend
  3. to attract (attention)
無論她去哪裡，她都是惹人喜愛的。

Wherever she goes, she is well liked.

Source: Tatoeba

招诱 zhāoyòu
  1. to invite
  2. to recruit
  3. to attract
  4. to entice
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