to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
trad. 任賢使能
Also written 任賢使能【rèn xián shǐ néng】
Characters in this word
4任
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surname Ren
- Pinyin
- Rén
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4610 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
使
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to make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ, to send, to instruct sb to do sth, envoy, messenger
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 629 of 2500
能
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surname Neng
- Pinyin
- Néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 53 of 2500