招揽 (招攬)
zhāo lǎn
Pinyin

Definition

招揽 (招攬)
 - 
zhāo lǎn
  1. to attract (customers)
  2. to drum up (trade)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

招
zhāo
  1. 1 to recruit
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to beckon
  4. 4 to incur
  5. 5 to infect
  6. 6 contagious
  7. 7 a move (chess)
  8. 8 a maneuver
  9. 9 device
  10. 10 trick
  11. 11 to confess
招呼
zhāo hu
  1. 1 to call out to
  2. 2 to greet
  3. 3 to say hello to
  4. 4 to inform
  5. 5 to take care of
  6. 6 to take care that one does not
招聘
zhāo pìn
  1. 1 to invite applications for a job
  2. 2 to recruit
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])
妙招
miào zhāo
  1. 1 smart move
  2. 2 clever way of doing sth

Idioms (12)

招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])
招财进宝
zhāo cái jìn bǎo
  1. 1 ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent

Sample Sentences

时下特别流行怀旧潮啊，你看这餐厅都打着七零后，八零后的噱头来招揽生意，里面的布置呈现的都是当时课堂里的情形呢。还有黑板报，真亲切
shíxià tèbié liúxíng huáijiù cháo ā ，nǐ kàn zhè cāntīng dōu dǎ zhe qīlínghòu ，bālínghòu de xuétóu lái zhāolǎn shēngyì ，lǐmiàn de bùzhì chéngxiàn de dōu shì dāngshí kètáng lǐ de qíngxing ne 。háiyǒu hēibǎnbào ，zhēn qīnqiē
Nostalgia is really fashionable right now. Look, this restaurant is using gimmicks popular among those born in the 1970s and 1980s to drum up business. The decoration inside is styled after the classrooms of the time. And there's even news on a blackboard, how charming.
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