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The character 使, meaning "to cause", "to use", or "an envoy", combines the human radical 亻 on the left with the component 吏 (an official or clerk) on the right. This structure of a person and an official establishes the original sense of a diplomatic messenger or someone formally commissioned by authority. From this noun for an emissary, the meaning expanded into the verb "to employ", "to dispatch", or "to make use of". Grammatically, it most commonly functions as a causative verb, indicating one entity causes or enables another to perform an action or enter a state.
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学习使我进步。
使用手机很方便。
他使我感到惊讶。
运动能使身体健康。
恶劣天气使航班延误。
良好的教育能使孩子未来成功。
政府的新政策使经济发展加速。
如果缺乏沟通，会使双方产生误会。