1 to provoke

2 to irritate

3 to vex

4 to stir up

5 to anger

6 to attract (troubles)

7 to cause (problems)

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

1 to call out to

2 to greet

3 to say hello to

4 to inform

5 to take care of

6 to take care that one does not

1 to invite applications for a job

2 to recruit

1 lit. inviting wealth

2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])

1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt

2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)

2 fig. to womanize

3 to frequent brothels

4 to sow one's wild oats

1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army

2 fig. to expand business

3 to recruit new staff

1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

1 lit. inviting wealth

2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])