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市骏
shì​jùn

to seek talent

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市骏 市駿 shì​jùn
to seek talent
(literary) to buy a fine horse; used as a metaphor for seeking out and recruiting talented people. Based on the story of the 千金市骨 qiān​jīn​shì​gǔ where a king paid a high price for the bones of a swift horse to show his sincerity in seeking live ones

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  • 千金市骨 qiān​jīn​shì​gǔ