进贤进能 — “To recommend and promote worthy individuals and employ capable people”
进贤进能 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to recommend and promote worthy individuals and employ capable people”. To appoint virtuous and able individuals to positions of responsibility. Literally, “Advance the worthy, advance the able; promote the worthy, employ the able”.
进贤进能 Pronunciation and Pinyin
进贤进能 Character Breakdown
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More idioms starting with 进
- jìn进rén人ruò若jiāng将jiā加zhū诸xī膝，，tuì退rén人ruò若jiāng将zhuì坠zhū诸yuān渊Elevate favorites, cast down dislikes
- jìn进fǔ俯tuì退fǔ俯inconsistent movement or posture
- jìn进lì利chú除hài害promote good, eliminate harm
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，jù据kě可yǐ以shǒu守strategic flexibility in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，tuì退kě可yǐ以shǒu守flexible in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可tì替bù不offer good strategies to eliminate flawed practices
- jìn进kě可tì替fǒu否Advance good to replace bad
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩jiān奸promote good, punish evil
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩è恶promote good and punish evil
- jìn进shàn善tuì退è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进shàn善chù黜è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进rǎng壤guǎng广dì地expand territory
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What does 进贤进能 mean?
进贤进能 (jìn xián jìn néng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to recommend and promote worthy individuals and employ capable people”.
How do you pronounce 进贤进能?
进贤进能 is pronounced jìn xián jìn néng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 进贤进能 literally mean?
Literally, 进贤进能 means “Advance the worthy, advance the able; promote the worthy, employ the able”. It is used to mean “to recommend and promote worthy individuals and employ capable people”.
What is the Chinese definition of 进贤进能?
犹言进贤任能。举荐贤者，任用能人。