祁奚之荐 — Chinese idiom
祁奚之荐
Qí Xī zhī jiàn
Traditional: 祁奚之薦
Meaning
- Qi Xi's recommendation ; recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
Character by character
- 祁Qíto pray; numerous, ample, abundant
- 奚Xīwhere, what, why, how
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 荐jiànto recommend; to recur, to repeat
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
- 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
- 一箭之仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 不急之务 bù jí zhī wù
- 不情之请 bù qíng zhī qǐng
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