任人唯亲
rèn​rén​wéi​qīn

to practice nepotism

  • created reference approved 任人唯亲/任人唯親 → 任人唯贤/任人唯賢 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    任人唯亲 / 任人唯親 rèn​rén​wéi​qīn

    任人唯贤 / 任人唯賢 rèn​rén​wéi​xián

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 任人唯亲/任人唯親 · rèn​rén​wéi​qīn · to practice nepotism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    任人唯亲 / 任人唯親

    rèn​rén​wéi​qīn

    to practice nepotism

    (idiom) to appoint people based on personal favoritism or family ties rather than merit; to practice cronyism

    任 (literal) → 任 · rèn · to appoint 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 唯 (literal) → 唯 · wéi · only 亲 (literal) → 亲/親 · qīn · close

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense