周公吐哺 zhōugōngtǔbǔ to treat talent with respect Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 周公吐哺 zhōugōngtǔbǔ to treat talent with respect To be eager to recruit talent and treat worthy people with great hospitality; literally refers to the legend of the Duke of Zhou spitting out his food mid-meal to rush and receive guests Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References Synonym 握发吐哺 wòfǎtǔbǔ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
周公吐哺 zhōugōngtǔbǔ to treat talent with respect To be eager to recruit talent and treat worthy people with great hospitality; literally refers to the legend of the Duke of Zhou spitting out his food mid-meal to rush and receive guests Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References Synonym 握发吐哺 wòfǎtǔbǔ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)