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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「養賢納士」, explained here.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「養賢納士」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Recruit and shelter people with talent and virtue.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǎng xián nà shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung5 yin4 naap6 si6/si2

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.