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Definition(s) for: 毛遂自荐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
毛遂自荐 máo suì zì jiàn - Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 33,904 58,331 67,684

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
máo- surname Mao
máo- hair
- feather
- down
- wool
- mildew
- mold
- coarse or semifinished
- young
- raw
- careless
- unthinking
- nervous
- scared
- (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
- classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
suí- used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]
- Taiwan pr. [sui4]
suì- to satisfy
- to succeed
- then
- thereupon
- finally
- unexpectedly
- to proceed
- to reach
- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
jiàn- to recommend
- to offer sacrifice (arch.)
- grass
- straw mat

Other Words Containing 毛遂自荐

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
毛遂自荐 - - 33,904 58,331 67,684