任贤使能 — Chinese idiom
任贤使能
rèn xián shǐ néng
Traditional: 任賢使能
Meaning
- to appoint the virtuous and use the able ; appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Character by character
- 任rènto trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, o
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassad
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
Idioms sharing a character
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
- 任人唯贤 rèn rén wéi xián
- 任人宰割 rèn rén zǎi gē
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 任劳任怨 rèn láo rèn yuàn
- 力不胜任 lì bù shèng rèn
- 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn
- 知人善任 zhī rén shàn rèn
- 听之任之 tīng zhī rèn zhī
- 走马上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.