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"to employ" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
用 yòng v. to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn
使 shǐ v. to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger syn
使用 shǐ yòng v. to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn
采用 採用 cǎi yòng v. to adopt / to employ / to use syn
雇佣 雇傭 gù yōng v. to employ / to hire syn
雇用 僱用 gù yòng to employ / to hire syn
聘用 pìn yòng v. to employ / to hire syn
收录 收錄 shōu lù to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit syn
罗致 羅緻 luó zhì to employ / to recruit (talented personnel) / to gather together (a team) syn
雇 gù v. to employ / to hire / to rent syn
聘 pìn v. to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn
佣 傭 yōng to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help syn
延请 延請 yán qǐng to employ / to send for sb promising employment syn
延聘 yán pìn to hire / to employ / to engage syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
用人 yòng rén v. servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
人尽其才 人盡其才 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best syn
量才录用 量才錄用 liàng cái lù yòng to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom) / to employ sb competent for the task syn
人尽其材 人盡其材 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
恩威兼施 ēn wēi jiān shī to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
甄用 zhēn yòng to employ by examination
甄录 甄錄 zhēn lù to employ by an examination
登庸人才 dēng yōng rén cái to employ talent (idiom)
鲁君 魯君 lǔ jūn the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
用计 用計 yòng jì to employ a stratagem
用工 yòng gōng to employ workers
使功不如使过 使功不如使過 shǐ gōng bù rú shǐ guò (idiom) It is better to employ someone who has made mistakes than someone already meritorious, so that the former may redeem those mistakes through service.
以售其术 yǐ shòu qí shù (idiom) To employ a scheme or technique in order to put it into practice and benefit from it. It may also suggest promoting self-serving methods.
任贤用能 任賢用能 rèn xián yòng néng (idiom) To appoint and employ people who possess both virtue and ability.
使心作倖 shǐ xīn zuò xìng (idiom) To use schemes and cunning. To employ one’s wits to achieve a goal, often in a questionable way.
左文右武 zuǒ wén yòu wǔ (idiom) To employ both civil and military means.
弃瑕取用 棄瑕取用 qì xiá qǔ yòng (idiom) To overlook a person’s faults or mistakes and still employ or appoint them.
施谋用智 施謀用智 shī móu yòng zhì (idiom) To employ strategies and schemes to achieve an objective. It describes someone making use of ingenuity and tactical planning.
施谋用计 施謀用計 shī móu yòng jì (idiom) To employ strategies and schemes.
施谋设计 施謀設計 shī móu shè jì (idiom) To employ strategies and schemes.
无所施其技 無所施其技 wú suǒ shī qí jì (idiom) To have no opportunity to employ one’s tricks or tactics. It is used when a scheming person is prevented from acting.
无所施其术 wú suǒ shī qí shù (idiom) To have no opportunity to employ one’s methods or tactics.
晋用楚材 晉用楚材 jìn yòng chǔ cái (idiom) To employ talent from another country. It refers to recruiting capable people from abroad.
求贤用士 求賢用士 qiú xián yòng shì (idiom) To seek out worthy and talented people and employ capable scholars.
用人惟才 yòng rén wéi cái (idiom) To appoint and employ people solely according to their abilities. It means assigning each person a role suited to their skills.
用智铺谋 yòng zhì pù móu (idiom) To use one’s intelligence and devise strategies. It is also used for the expression “to employ stratagems.”
用违其长 用違其長 yòng wéi suǒ cháng (idiom) To employ someone in a role that does not match their particular strengths. It highlights a poor fit between a person and their assignment.
称贤使能 稱賢使能 chēng xián shǐ néng (idiom) To promote virtuous people and employ the capable, enabling them to make full use of their abilities.
运智铺谋 yùn zhì pù móu (idiom) To employ stratagems and devise plans.
运计铺谋 yùn jì pù móu (idiom) To employ stratagems and devise schemes. It refers to using cunning plans to achieve an objective.
进贤拔能 進賢拔能 jìn xián bá néng (idiom) To recommend the virtuous and appoint the capable. It has the same meaning as “recommend the worthy and employ the capable.”
进贤退愚 進賢退愚 jìn xián tuì yú (idiom) To employ the capable and remove the foolish and timid. The expression describes a policy of selecting people for office.
进贤黜恶 jìn xián chù è (idiom) To employ virtuous and capable people and remove the treacherous and corrupt. The expression refers to a sound policy of recruitment and appointment.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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