荐 jiàn

repeat, reoccur; recommend

HSK 5 #2367

DEFINITIONS

  • repeat, reoccur
  • recommend
  • to recommend
  • to offer sacrifice (arch.)
  • grass
  • straw mat

STROKES

WORDS

推荐 tuī jiàn
HSK 5
to recommend; recommendation
推荐信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter
引荐 yǐn jiàn to recommend sb; to give a referral
自荐 zì jiàn to recommend oneself (for a job)
毛遂自荐 máo suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
举荐 jǔ jiàn to recommend
推荐书 tuī jiàn shū recommendation letter
祁奚之荐 qí xī zhī jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
章甫荐履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
草荐 cǎo jiàn straw mattress; palliasse
荐引 jiàn yǐn to introduce; to recommend
荐椎 jiàn zhuī sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
荐举 jiàn jǔ to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend
荐言 jiàn yán to recommend (in words); to suggest
荐头 jiàn tou employment agent (arch.); job broker
荐头店 jiàn tou diàn job agency (arch.); employment shop
荐骨 jiàn gǔ sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
追荐 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased
饥馑荐臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
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