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v. employ, hire (people or certain services)
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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gù rén
v. employ someone, hire someone
gù yuán
n. employee
gù zhǔ
n. employer
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tā men gōng zuò dōu hěn máng, suó yǐ gù rén gěi tā men zhào gù xiǎo hái .
phr. Both of them are busy with their jobs, so they hire someone to take care of the children for them.
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wèi le hái zi de ān quán, tā gù le sān gè bǎo biāo .
phr. To ensure his child's safety, he hired three bodyguards.
jiě gù
v. dismiss, fire, give the sack
gù chē
phr. to hire a cab, truck, etc. (together with its driver)
shòu gù
phr. be employed