毛遂自荐

máo suì zì jiàn

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1. 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)

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Child Words of 毛遂自荐

• 毛 毛 máo: hair
• 自 自 zì: self
• 毛遂 毛遂 máo suì: Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[máo suì zì jiàn]
• 自荐 自荐 zì jiàn: to recommend oneself (for a job)
• 荐 荐 jiàn: to recommend
• 遂 遂 suí: Taiwan pr. [suì]
• 遂 遂 suì: to satisfy