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1 (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
2 (after a noun) person involved in ...
3 -er
4 -ist
5 (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
6 (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
7 (old) (used at the end of a command)
8 (old) this

要求

yāo qiú

1 to request
2 to require
3 requirement
4 to stake a claim
5 to ask
6 to demand
7 classifier: 点 diǎn

追求

zhuī qiú

1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
2 to seek after
3 to woo

Idioms (20)

不求有功，但求无过

bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò

1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach

不求甚解

bù qiú shèn jiě

1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
2 not bothered with the details
3 superficial
4 content with shallow understanding

之乎者也

zhī hū zhě yě

1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

仁者见仁，智者见智

rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì

1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)

来者不善，善者不来

lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái

1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

Sample Sentences

一方面，企业招聘、用人观需转变，另一方面，求职者也应夯实核心技能，提升其不可替代性。

yīfāngmiàn ，qǐyè zhāopìn 、yòngrénguān xū zhuǎnbiàn ，lìngyīfāngmiàn ，qiúzhízhě yě yīng hāngshí héxīn jìnéng ，tíshēng qí bùkětìdàixìng 。

On the one hand, corporate recruitment and the use of human capital have to make adjustments, on the other hand, job seekers should also consolidate core skills and enhance their irreplaceability.

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难道这个也是中国式作风？现在大多数求职者的简历里都会附上自己的照片，生活照或者登记照，以便让老板们在面试之前就能对自己有所印象。我当年的这种正式求职照已经算是很老套了。

nándào zhège yě shì zhōngguóshì zuòfēng ？xiànzài dàduōshù qiúzhízhě de jiǎnlì lǐ dōu huì fùshàng zìjǐ de zhàopiàn ，shēnghuózhào huòzhě dēngjìzhào ，yǐbiàn ràng lǎobǎnmen zài miànshì zhīqián jiù néng duì zìjǐ yǒusuǒ yìnxiàng 。wǒ dāngnián de zhèzhǒng zhèngshì qiúzhízhào yǐjīng suànshì hěn lǎotào le 。

Are you saying that this is also a Chinese way of doing things? These days, most job-seekers include an informal or ID photo on their resume. It's so that the managers will have some kind of an impression of you before the interview. The formal job-hunt photos I took in those days would already be considered too old-fashioned.

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现在很多企业要求求职者具备迅速上手的工作能力，看重经验以提高企业的经济效益。

xiànzài hěn duō qǐyè yāoqiú qiúzhízhě jùbèi xùnsù shàngshǒu de gōngzuò nénglì ，kànzhòng jīngyàn yǐ tígāo qǐyè de jīngjì xiàoyì 。

Now many businesses are requiring applicants to possess the ability to master new work rapidly and they value experience in order to increase the economic returns of the business.

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