招徕

招徠
zhāolái
  1. to canvass (for customers)
  2. to solicit
  3. to recruit

CEDICT

to solicit (customers or business); to canvass; to recruit; to attract

Wiktionary

  1. 招纳、收罗。
  2. 吸引兜揽。

重編國語辭典

  1. 吸引，延揽
  2. 招抚
  3. 招揽（顾客）

維基詞典

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 徕 lái used in 招徕 zhāolái

Related entries

征求 zhēngqiú
  1. to solicit
  2. to seek
  3. to request (opinions, feedback etc)
  4. to petition
你应该向他征求意见。

You ought to ask him for advice.

Source: Tatoeba

拉客 lākè
  1. to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc)
  2. to importune
兜揽 dōulǎn
  1. to canvas (for customers)
  2. to solicit
  3. to advertise
  4. to drum up
  5. sales pitch
  6. to take on (a task)
征选 zhēngxuǎn
  1. to call for entries and select the best
  2. to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)
  3. to select (the best candidate)
  4. contest
  5. competition
邀 yāo
  1. to invite
  2. to request
  3. to intercept
  4. to solicit
  5. to seek
我邀了她一起晚餐。

I invited her to dinner.

Source: Tatoeba

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