to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
trad. 任人唯賢
Also written 任人唯賢【rèn rén wéi xián】
Characters in this word
4任
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surname Ren
- Pinyin
- Rén
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4610 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
唯
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only, alone, -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 15211 of 2500
贤
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worthy or virtuous person, honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- Pinyin
- xián
- Traditional
- 賢
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 46598 of 2500