Chinese symbol for “patronage”
知遇之恩
zhī yù zhī ēn
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patronage is 知遇之恩 (zhī yù zhī ēn), defined as: lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 知遇之恩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 不知 | bù zhī | not to know; unaware |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 得知 | dé zhī | to find out; to learn of |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 待遇 | dài yù | treatment; pay |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 感恩 | gǎn ēn | to be grateful |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patronage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.