任安
Rén Ān
Pinyin
Definition
任安
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- Ren An (-c. 90 BC), Han Dynasty general, also called Ren Shaoqing 任少卿
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不安其室
- 1 to be discontented with one's home
- 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
任人唯亲
- 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
- 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
- 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
任人宰割
- 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
- 2 to be taken advantage of
任其自然
- 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
- 2 to leave it to nature
- 3 laissez-faire