作证 (作證)
zuò zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

作证 (作證)
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zuò zhèng
  1. to bear witness
  2. to testify

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 篇 piān
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard

Sample Sentences

就业许可证书比较难办。需要你提供中文简历，学位证书，还有工作证明什么的。如果你是第一次在中国办工作签证，需要你提供两年以上的工作证明，还必须是在国外的。
jiùyè xǔkě zhèngshū bǐjiào nán bàn 。xūyào nǐ tígōng Zhōngwén jiǎnlì ，xuéwèizhèngshū ，háiyǒu gōngzuòzhèngmíng shénme de 。rúguǒ nǐ shì dì yī cì zài Zhōngguó bàn gōngzuòqiānzhèng ，xūyào nǐ tígōng liǎng nián yǐshàng de gōngzuòzhèngmíng ，hái bìxū shì zài guówài de 。
The employment license is a bit more difficult to deal with. It requires you to present a Chinese resume, an academic degree, proof of employment, and so on. If it's your first time applying for a work visa in China, you need to present a work certificate proving two or more years of work experience. Additionally, it needs to be experience outside of China.
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我才刚毕业，哪来的工作证明。
wǒ cái gāng bìyè ，nǎ lái de gōngzuò zhèngmíng 。
I just graduated. Where am I going to get a work certificate?
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绝对没有。我可以作证，丽丽每天都想着你。我们去什么好玩的地方，吃什么好吃的东西都说要带你一起去。
juéduì méiyǒu 。wǒ kěyǐ zuòzhèng ，Lìli měitiān dōu xiǎng zhe nǐ 。wǒmen qù shénme hǎowán de dìfang ，chī shénme hǎochī de dōngxi dōu shuō yào dài nǐ yīqǐ qù 。
That’s totally not true! I can attest to the fact that Lili thinks about you every day. Whenever we go somewhere fun or eat something good, she always says she wants to take you there too.
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是这样吗？审判长，现在我要求传唤证人吴忠和，也就是陈瑶请的私家侦探出庭作证。
shì zhèyàng ma ？shěnpànzhǎng ，xiànzài wǒ yāoqiú chuánhuàn zhèngren wúzhōnghé ，yějiùshì Chén Yáo qǐng de sījiāzhēntàn chūtíng zuòzhèng 。
Really? Your Honor, I now subpoena the witness, Wu Zhonghe, to testify in court. He's the private detective that Chen Yao hired.
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也就是不在。而且她那天晚上和五个朋友外出吃饭娱乐了，她的朋友可以作证。不是吗？
yějiùshì bù zài 。érqiě tā nàtiān wǎnshang hé wǔ ge péngyou wàichū chīfàn yúlè le ，tā de péngyou kěyǐ zuòzhèng 。bùshìma ？
That is to say, she was not there. And she was out that evening with five friends. Her friends can confirm this. Isn't that right?
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现在是控辩双方的问证时间。本庭传唤负责本案的李加良警官出庭作证。
xiànzài shì kòngbiànshuāngfāng de wènzhèng shíjiān 。běntíng chuánhuàn fùzé běn àn de Lǐ Jiāliáng jǐngguān chūtíng zuòzhèng 。
Now it's time for the cross-examination. The court calls Officer Li Jialiang, the officer in charge on this case, to testify.
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