任人唯贤
rèn​rén​wéi​xián

meritocracy

  • created sense approved 任人唯贤/任人唯賢 · rèn​rén​wéi​xián · meritocracy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    任人唯贤 / 任人唯賢

    rèn​rén​wéi​xián

    meritocracy

    to appoint people according to their ability and integrity rather than their personal connections; merit-based appointment

    任 (literal) → 任 · rèn · to appoint 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 唯 (literal) → 唯 · wéi · only 贤 (literal) → 贤/賢 · xián · to esteem

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

    created sense