毛遂自荐
máo​suì​zì​jiàn

to volunteer

  • created sense approved 毛遂自荐/毛遂自薦 · máo​suì​zì​jiàn · to volunteer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    毛遂自荐 / 毛遂自薦

    máo​suì​zì​jiàn

    to volunteer

    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

    毛遂 (literal) → 毛遂 · máo​suì · Mao Sui 自荐 (literal) → 自荐/自薦 · zì​jiàn · to recommend oneself

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    created sense