提薪
tí xīn
Pinyin
Definition
提薪
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- to receive a raise in salary
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to carry (hanging down from the hand)
- 2 to lift
- 3 to put forward
- 4 to mention
- 5 to raise (an issue)
- 6 upwards character stroke
- 7 lifting brush stroke (in painting)
- 8 scoop for measuring liquid
- 1 to offer
- 2 to supply
- 3 to provide
- 4 to furnish
- 1 to shift to an earlier date
- 2 to do sth ahead of time
- 3 in advance
- 1 to question
- 2 to quiz
- 3 to grill
- 1 to promote
- 2 to upgrade
Idioms (17)
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
厝火积薪
- 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
- 2 fig. hidden danger
- 3 imminent danger
哪壶不开提哪壶
- 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
- 2 to talk about sb's weak point
好汉不提当年勇
- 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
抱薪救火
- 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action