延揽
yán lǎn
Pinyin

Definition

延揽
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yán lǎn
  1. to recruit talent
  2. to round up
  3. to enlist the services of sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yán shēn
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
Yán ān
  1. 1 Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
yán huǎn
  1. 1 to defer
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to put off
  4. 4 to retard
  5. 5 to slow sth down
yán xù
  1. 1 to continue
  2. 2 to go on
  3. 3 to last
yán wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to be held up
  3. 3 to miss (an opportunity)
  4. 4 delay
  5. 5 holdup
Yán cháng
  1. 1 Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yán ān], Shaanxi
tuō yán
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to procrastinate
màn yán
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
Yán jí
  1. 1 Yanji county level city, capital of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
yán nián yì shòu
  1. 1 to make life longer
  2. 2 to promise longevity
  3. 3 (this product will) extend your life
yán hòu
  1. 1 to postpone
  2. 2 to defer
  3. 3 to delay
Yán qìng
  1. 1 Yanqing county in Beijing
yán qī
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to extend
  3. 3 to postpone
  4. 4 to defer
Yán jīn
  1. 1 Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xīn xiāng], Henan
yán chí
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to keep putting sth off
  4. 4 to procrastinate
  5. 5 (computing) to lag
Yán biān
  1. 1 Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市
mián yán
  1. 1 continuous (esp. of mountain ranges)
  2. 2 to stretch long and unbroken
  3. 3 a continuous link
  4. 4 sostenuto (sustained, in music)
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
shēn yán
  1. 1 see 延伸[yán shēn]

Idioms (3)

天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
延颈企踵
yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng
  1. 1 to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)

Sample Sentences

欸,孙太。瞧您春风满面的,您手上的那几支股应该给您赚了几套房了吧!您可得教教我了,以您的炒股功力,我看政府都该延揽你入阁给我们好好地搞搞经济了!
èi ,sūn tài 。qiáo nín chūnfēng mǎnmiàn de ,nín shǒushang de nà jǐ zhī gǔ yīnggāi gěi nín zhuàn le jǐ tào fáng le ba !nín kě děi jiāo jiāo wǒ le ,yǐ nín de chǎogǔ gōnglì ,wǒ kàn zhèngfǔ dōu gāi yánlǎn nǐ rùgé gěi wǒmen hǎohāo de gǎogao jīngjì le !
Agh, Mrs Sun. You're smiling very radiantly today, those stocks of yours have earned you several houses, yeah? You have to teach me. With your skill at speculation, the government should recruit you into the cabinet to take care of the economy for us!