appoint people by merit
Jian nenger Ren, a Chinese idiom, means to select talented people and entrust them with important tasks. It comes from the biography of Wei Zheng in the old book of Tang Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Jane: choice; Ren: function.
The origin of Idioms
"The old book of the Tang Dynasty, biography of Wei Zheng:" Jian Neng and Ren, choose good and follow
Chinese PinYin : jiǎn néng ér rèn
appoint people by merit
extreme pettiness of character. xiǎo dù jī cháng
hand down a good plan to posterity. yàn yì yí móu
the happy reunion of friends chatting together late into night. xī chuāng jiǎn zhú
draw a clear demarcation between whom or what to hate or love. ài zēng fēn míng
kill a chicken with a butcher 's big knife. niú dāo gē jī