汲引

jíyǐn

verb

Meanings

1 to draw water (from a well)
2 to recommend or promote (a person to a higher position)

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Examples

他得到上司的汲引,很快升任经理。

Tā dédào shàngsi de jíyǐn, hěn kuài shēngrèn jīnglǐ.

Thanks to his boss's promotion of him, he was quickly elevated to manager.

古人用绳索汲引井水。

Gǔrén yòng shéngsuǒ jíyǐn jǐngshuǐ.

People in ancient times used ropes to draw water from wells.

Tips

memory

The literal sense (drawing water up from a well) maps cleanly to the figurative one — 'pulling someone up' from a lower position to a higher one. Both senses share the image of lifting something from below.

Stroke Order

汲 jí

引 yǐn