作证
zuò zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

作证
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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 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|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 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作风
zuò fēng
  1. 1 style
  2. 2 style of work
  3. 3 way

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
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
  1. 1 to stop at nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to dare to do anything
为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
  1. 1 to act as accomplice to the tiger
  2. 2 to help a villain do evil (idiom)

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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