致使
zhì shǐ
Pinyin
Definition
致使
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- to cause
- to result in
Character Decomposition
Idioms (19)
任贤使能
- 1 to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
两国相争,不斩来使
- 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
和气致祥
- 1 (idiom) amiability leads to harmony
如臂使指
- 1 as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
- 2 freely and effortlessly
- 3 to have perfect command of
宁静致远
- 1 tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study
- 2 cf Still waters run deep.