猎头

獵頭
liètóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 headhunter (recruiter)
  2. 2 executive recruitment

Examples

Tā shì yì míng zhuānyè de liètóu.
He's a professional headhunter.
Yì jiā liètóu gōngsī liánxì le wǒ.
A headhunting firm contacted me.
Gāoduān zhíwèi yìbān tōngguò liètóu zhāopìn.
Senior positions are usually filled through headhunters.

Tips

memory
Literal 'hunt head' — a direct calque of English 'headhunter'. In ancient ethnographic use it also meant the tribal custom of headhunting; the modern recruitment sense dominates today.

Stroke Order

liè
tóu