汲引

jíyǐn

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

他得到上司的汲引，很快升任经理。

Tā dédào shàngsi de jíyǐn, hěnkuài shēngrèn jīnglǐ.

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

HSK 7-9

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