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毛遂自荐

Máo Suì zì jiàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
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)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

毛遂自薦 毛遂自荐 [Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4] /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)/

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Other forms in these source records: 毛遂自薦

  • 毛
    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[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

  • 遂
    suí

    used in 半身不遂[bàn shēn bù suí] / Taiwan pr. [suì]

    suì

    to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 荐
    jiàn

    to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat

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