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毛遂自荐

Máo Suì zì jiàn

4-character word Traditional 毛遂自薦

What 毛遂自荐 means

1. 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)

The characters in 毛遂自荐

• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 遂suìto satisfy; to succeed; then
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 荐jiànto recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass