荐

jiàn

Definitions

1. to recommend
2. to offer sacrifice (arch.)
3. grass
4. straw mat

Words Containing 荐

• 推荐 tuī jiàn: to recommend
• 力荐 lì jiàn: to strongly recommend
• 引荐 yǐn jiàn: to recommend sb; to give a referral
• 推荐信 tuī jiàn xìn: recommendation letter
• 推荐书 tuī jiàn shū: recommendation letter
• 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)
• 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
• 自荐 zì jiàn: to recommend oneself (for a job)
• 举荐 jǔ jiàn: to recommend
• 草荐 cǎo jiàn: straw mattress
• 荐引 jiàn yǐn: to introduce
• 荐椎 jiàn zhuī: sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
• 荐举 jiàn jǔ: to propose (for a job)
• 荐言 jiàn yán: to recommend (in words)
• 荐头 jiàn tou: employment agent (arch.)
• 荐头店 jiàn tou diàn: job agency (arch.)
• 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)