| 薦 | 277C00 20A.50-6 | 部居  | 畫數 18 | ㄐㄧㄢˋ [jian4] | ||
| N. | (1) Feed, fodder. (2) A straw mattress. (3) Food and wine offered as sacrifice: 薦羞 [jian4xiu1]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To sacrifice to the gods: 薦酒 [jian4jiu3]↓. (2) Recommend for service: 薦舉 [jian4jU3], 薦拔 [jian4ba2]↓; 薦賢 recommend good and able men; 舉薦 nominate for appointment; 推薦 recommend for employment; 自薦 recommend oneself. | |||||
| Adv. | Repeatedly＝饑饉薦 (or 荐) 臻 famine came repeatedly. | |||||
| Words | 1. 薦拔 [jian4ba2], v.t., select and recommend for official preferment. 2. 薦骨 [jian4gu3], n., (physiol.) the sacrum, sacral vertebrae. 3. 薦章 [jian4zhang1], n., a memorial to the throne recommending s.o. for official preferment. 4. 薦枕席 [jian4zhen3xi2], phr., (of woman) to sleep with, become a wife or concubine to (a man). 5. 薦酒 [jian4jiu3], v.i., to offer wine to the gods or departed ancestors. 6. 薦擢 [jian4zhuo2], v.t., recommend for official service. 7. 薦主 [jian4zhu3], n., an employment agent. 8. 薦居 [jian4jU1], v.i., (of pastoral people) migrate from place to place in search of water and grass. 9. 薦舉 [jian4jU3], v.t., recommend for promotion. 10. 薦派 [jian4pai4], v.t., recommend for employment. 11. 薦任 [jian4ren4], v.t., (of low-ranking officials) be appointed upon recommendation by a minister. 12. 薦新 [jian4xin1], (1) n., a seasonal sacrifice in which new products of the earth are offered to the gods or departed ancestors; (2) v.i., make such sacrifice. 13. 薦羞 [jian4xiu1], n., offer of food and wine to the gods or departed ancestors. 14. 薦頭 [jian4tou2], n., an employment agent: 薦頭行 an employment agency. 15. 薦引 [jian4yin3], v.t., see [jian4jU3]↑. | |||||