è​jiàn

to recommend

  • created sense approved 鹗荐/鶚薦 · è​jiàn · to recommend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹗荐 / 鶚薦

    è​jiàn

    to recommend

    (literary) to recommend a person for a position; to nominate someone of great talent. Historically refers to the recommendation of [[祢衡|禰衡|mi2 heng2]] by [[孔融|孔融|kong3 rong2]] in the Han Dynasty, where the talent was likened to the osprey bird.

    鹗 (literal) → 鹗/鶚 · è · osprey 荐 (literal) → 荐/薦 · jiàn · to recommend

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