毛遂自荐 — Chinese idiom
毛遂自荐
Máo Suì zì jiàn
Traditional: 毛遂自薦
Meaning
- Mao Sui recommends himself ; to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
Character by character
- 毛Máohair, fur, feathers; coarse
- 遂Suìto fail; to follow, to comply with
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 荐jiànto recommend; to recur, to repeat
Idioms sharing a character
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì
- 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo
- 千里鹅毛 qiān lǐ é máo
- 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī
- 多如牛毛 duō rú niú máo
- 爱惜羽毛 ài xī yǔ máo
- 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán
- 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
- 轻于鸿毛 qīng yú hóng máo
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