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自薦

to recommend oneself

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Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

zi4jian4 • zìjiàn

Meaning

Primary

to recommend oneself

Alternatives

recommend oneself, recommends oneself, recommending oneself, recommend myself, recommend herself, recommend hisself

Mnemonic

自薦 To recommend oneself is 薦 to recommend that you your 自 self take on some job or responsibility.

Usage

我 想 自薦 擔任 這 個 職位。

I want to recommend myself for this position.

她 大膽 地 自薦 當 領導。

She boldly recommended herself to be the leader.

沒人 來 志願， 所以 我 自薦 了。

No one volunteered, so I recommended myself.