to recommend or suggest a person or thing for a specific purpose or position

to recommend or vouch for someone, especially by a person in a position of responsibility; to sponsor

letter of recommendation

to introduce or recommend someone, often for a position or to an influential person; to give a referral

to recommend or introduce oneself, especially for a job or position

to recommend someone for a position or task; to nominate or suggest a person for promotion or employment

to recommend someone or something with great effort or enthusiasm

to volunteer one's services; to offer to take on a responsibility oneself; based on a story from the Warring States period where a man named [[毛遂|毛遂|mao2 sui4]] recommended himself to the king of [[楚|楚|chu3]] to help save his country

to propose or nominate someone for a position or job; to recommend

to recommend or introduce someone for a position or task

The middle rank of civil service officials in the Republic of China, positioned below [[简任|簡任|jian3 ren4]] and above [[委任|委任|wei3 ren4]]

to recommend and promote someone to a higher position

to recommend and promote people who possess both talent and virtue; to put forward capable people for positions of responsibility

famines occurring one after another; to suffer from repeated crop failures and hunger year after year

to recommend someone for a position and promote them to it

To be recommended by another person rather than recommending oneself; to receive a nomination from someone else.

letter of recommendation; recommendation letter

graduate student recommended for admission without the need to take the standard entrance examination

A Taiwan university admissions process where high schools recommend students to specific university departments, which then select candidates based on entrance exams and interviews.

Qi Xi's recommendation; recommending the best person for the job regardless of personal feelings or factional loyalty

a straw mattress or pallet made from woven rice or wheat stalks

a mattress made of straw; pallet; palliasse

a letter of recommendation; a formal letter written to endorse someone for a position or favor

to recommend and introduce

(old usage) an employment agent or job broker; someone who introduces job seekers to employers

(archaic) a shop that introduces domestic workers or laborers to employers for a commission

an office or firm that matches job seekers with employers, particularly for domestic service or manual labor in old China

to offer one's service in bed; to present oneself as a sexual partner

(literary) to offer one's service in bed; to offer to sleep with a man (usually of women)

(anatomy) sacrum; the large triangular bone at the base of the spine consisting of the fused sacral vertebrae

(literary) high official or prominent member of the gentry

repeatedly; many times; occurring again and again

to recommend using words; to suggest or propose a course of action

To nominate or recommend people of high merit and talent for positions

to offer or present wine; to serve wine as a gesture of respect or during a ceremony

a large triangular bone at the base of the spine, formed by five fused vertebrae; connects the lower back to the tailbone and hips

to hold Buddhist or Taoist rites, chant sutras, or pray for the soul of the deceased

recommendation for high office or promotion by a high government official or state council

(idiom) a court crown placed beneath straw shoes; used to describe a situation where things are completely mixed up or inverted, or where there is a failure to distinguish between right and wrong

(literary) to recommend a person for a position; to nominate someone of great talent. Historically refers to the recommendation of [[祢衡|禰衡|mi2 heng2]] by [[孔融|孔融|kong3 rong2]] in the Han Dynasty, where the talent was likened to the osprey bird.