薦 jiàn

offer, present; recommend

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

引薦 yǐn jiàn to recommend sb; to give a referral
推薦 tuī jiàn to recommend; recommendation
推薦信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter
推薦書 tuī jiàn shū recommendation letter
毛遂自薦 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)
祁奚之薦 qí xī zhī jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
章甫薦履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
自薦 zì jiàn to recommend oneself (for a job)
舉薦 jǔ jiàn to recommend
草薦 cǎo jiàn straw mattress; palliasse
薦引 jiàn yǐn to introduce; to recommend
薦椎 jiàn zhuī sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
薦舉 jiàn jǔ to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend
薦言 jiàn yán to recommend (in words); to suggest
薦頭 jiàn tou employment agent (arch.); job broker
薦頭店 jiàn tou diàn job agency (arch.); employment shop
薦骨 jiàn gǔ sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
追薦 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased
饑饉薦臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
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