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Chinese idioms like 「招賢納士」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Learn about the idiom 「招賢納士」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Zhao: to recruit; Xian: a person with both virtue and talent; Na: to accept; Shi: refers to a scholar. Recruit talented people and accept scholars. Refers to recruiting talents.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhāo xián nà shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jiu1 yin4 naap6 si6/si2

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