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任人唯贤

rèn rén wéi xián

4-character word Traditional 任人唯賢

What 任人唯贤 means

1. to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity

The characters in 任人唯贤

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 人rénperson; people
• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Example sentences

• 任人唯贤是一个童话。
  Meritocracy is a fairy tale.