| 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) |
| 毛 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 毛 |
máo |
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |
| 毛遂 |
Máo Suì |
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自荐 |
| 遂 |
suí |
used in 半身不遂 / Taiwan pr. [sui4] |
| 遂 |
suì |
to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自荐 |
zì jiàn |
to recommend oneself (for a job) |
| 荐 |
jiàn |
to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat |