qǐng​zì​wěi​shǐ

to volunteer to lead

  • created reference approved 请自隗始/請自隗始 → 请从隗始/請從隗始 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请自隗始 / 請自隗始 qǐng​zì​wěi​shǐ

    请从隗始 / 請從隗始 qǐng​cóng​wěi​shǐ

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 请自隗始/請自隗始 → 郭隗 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请自隗始 / 請自隗始 qǐng​zì​wěi​shǐ

    郭隗 guō​wěi

    see

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  • created sense approved 请自隗始/請自隗始 · qǐng​zì​wěi​shǐ · to volunteer to lead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请自隗始 / 請自隗始

    qǐng​zì​wěi​shǐ

    to volunteer to lead

    To volunteer to lead or take the first step; to recommend oneself for a task to encourage others to follow. Originates from the Warring States period when the scholar [[郭隗|郭隗|guo1 wei3]] asked King Zhao of Yan to start by employing him as a way to attract other talented people.

    qǐng​zì​kuí​shǐ

    请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to ask 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · from 隗 (literal) → 隗 · kuí · Kui 始 (literal) → 始 · shǐ · to begin

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

    created sense