請纓
qǐng​yīng

to volunteer

  • created sense approved 请缨/請纓 · qǐng​yīng · to volunteer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请缨 / 請纓

    qǐng​yīng

    to volunteer

    To volunteer for military service or request a difficult assignment; literally to "request a long tassel" based on a historical account of a diplomat who promised to capture a foreign king.

    请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to ask 缨 (literal) → 缨/纓 · yīng · cord

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

    created sense