荐 (薦) jiàn

1. jiàn verb to recommend; to elect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 推荐 (CC-CEDICT '薦'; CCD 1 '荐' 1; Guoyu '薦' v 3; Kroll 2015 '薦' 2, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121; Unihan '薦'; XHZD '荐' 1)
2. jiàn verb to offer; to present; to sacrifice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 献 (CC-CEDICT '薦'; CCD 1 '荐' 2; Guoyu '薦' v 2; Kroll 2015 '薦' 1, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121; Unihan '薦')
3. jiàn noun straw; grass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 草 (CCD 2 '荐' 1; Guoyu '薦' n 1; Kroll 2015 '薦' 3, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121; XHZD '荐' 2)
4. jiàn noun a straw mat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 草垫 (CC-CEDICT '薦'; CCD 2 '荐' 2; Guoyu '薦' n 2)
5. jiàn noun an offering; a sacrifice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 祭品 (Guoyu '薦' n 3; Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121)
6. jiàn verb to pad
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '薦' v 1)
7. jiàn adverb repeatedly; frequently
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 屡次 (Guoyu '薦' adv; Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121)
8. jiàn noun sacrum
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '薦', p. 121)

Contained in

• 荐食上国(荐食上國) encroach on our territory
• 章甫荐履(章甫薦履) court crown beneath straw shoe; everything turned upside down
• 首荐(首薦) top recommendation
• 推荐书(推薦書) recommendation letter
• 荐纸(薦紙) recommendation letter
• 荐新(薦新) a ritual offering to ancestors
• 荐头店(薦頭店) job agency ; employment shop
• 荐席(薦席) a mat
• 推荐(推薦) to recommend
• 荐骨(薦骨) sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
• 荐食 encroach on territory
• 荐菜(薦菜) to offer dishes to guests
• 食荐(食薦) to eat grass
• 荐言(薦言) to recommend (in words); to suggest
• 追荐(追薦) to pray for the soul of a deceased
• 推荐信(推薦信) recommendation letter
• 祖荐(祖薦) farewell banquet for a friend
• 荐居(薦居) nomadic life
• 荐书(薦書) letter of recommendation
• 荐拔(薦拔) to recommend for promotion
• 荐椎(薦椎) sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
• 荐头(薦頭) employment agent ; job broker
• 众口交荐(眾口交薦) recommended by everybody
• 荐贤举能(薦賢舉能) to recommend the worthy and promote the capable
• 祁奚之荐(祁奚之薦) Qi Xi's recommendation; recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
• 草荐(草薦) straw mattress; coarse matting
• 荐引(薦引) to introduce; to recommend
• 推荐书单(推薦書單) reading list
• 举荐(舉薦) to recommend
• 荐举(薦舉) to propose; to nominate; to recommend
• 引荐(引薦) to recommend; to give a referral
• 截发锉荐(截髮剉薦) to cut hair [for money] for straw to feed a horse
• 戎狄荐居 the Rong and Di nomadic tribes
• 荐饑(薦饑) repeated famines
• 荐新祭(薦新祭) autumn offerings to ancestors
• 保荐(保薦) to foster and recommend
• 荐祖(薦祖) to commemorate ancetors
• 毛遂自荐(毛遂自薦) Mao Sui recommends himself; to offer one's services; to volunteer
• 荐主(薦主) patron
• 荐函(薦函) letter of recommendation
• 荐贤(薦賢) to recommend a worthy person
• 荐派(薦派) nominate
• 称贤荐能(稱賢薦能) praised as being worthy and recommended as being capable
• 饑馑荐臻(饑饉薦臻) unceasing starvation and years of crop failure
• 自荐(自薦) to recommend oneself (for a job)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• 卷一百〇八 志第六十一 禮十一 Volume 108 Treatises 61: Rites 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
• 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 48
• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
• 卷一百三十三 志第八十六 樂八 Volume 133 Treatises 86: Music 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
• 卷一百六十 志第一百十三 選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 31
• 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷二百八十五 列傳第一百七十三 文苑一 Volume 285 Biographies 173: Literature 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
• 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 28

Collocations

• 荐脯 (薦脯) 薦脯醢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 36
• 荐俎 (薦俎) 薦其薦俎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 10
• 荐东 (薦東) 冠者奠觶于薦東 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 10
• 荐南 (薦南) 介則薦南奠之 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 8
• 荐右 (薦右) 獲者薦右東面立飲 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 8
• 祭荐 (祭薦) 告賓祭薦而不食 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 8
• 先荐 (先薦) 先薦寢廟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 7
• 荐豆 (薦豆) 夫人薦豆籩 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《明堂位》 The Places in the Hall of Distinction — count: 7
• 荐韭 (薦韭) 庶人春薦韭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 7
• 夫人荐 (夫人薦) 夫人薦盎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 7