握发吐哺
wò​fǎ​tǔ​bǔ

eager to recruit talent

  • created sense approved 握发吐哺/握髮吐哺 · wò​fǎ​tǔ​bǔ · eager to recruit talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    握发吐哺 / 握髮吐哺

    wò​fǎ​tǔ​bǔ

    eager to recruit talent

    to hold one's hair and spit out one's food to avoid missing an audience with a wise person; used to describe a ruler or leader who is extremely eager to recruit and welcome talented people

    wò​fà​tǔ​bǔ

    握发 (literal) → 握发/握髮 · wò​fà · to hold one's hair 吐哺 (literal) → 吐哺 · tǔ​bǔ · to welcome scholars

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

    created sense