honorific: kindly come; trouble you to visit
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to trouble you to come (polite formula used when inviting someone)
honorificUsed as a respectful way to invite someone to come to your place. Literally means 'to wrong your great carriage' (implying the guest is lowering their dignity to visit). Often used in formal letters or polite invitations.
Míng明
rì日
qǐng请
qū屈
jià驾
lái来
shě舍
yī一
xù叙
。
Tomorrow please trouble yourself to come to my humble abode for a chat.
Rú如
méng蒙
qū屈
jià驾
guāng光
lín临
，
bù不
shèng胜
róng荣
xìng幸
。
We would be greatly honored if you would trouble yourself to visit us.
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Kěn恳
qǐng请
nín您
qū屈
jià驾
qián前
lái来
zhǐ指
dǎo导
wǒ我
men们
de的
gōng工
zuò作
。
We earnestly request that you trouble yourself to come and guide our work.