高薪
gāo xīn
Pinyin

Definition

高薪
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gāo xīn
  1. high salary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
高手
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

Sample Sentences

在距今大约两千三百多年前，战国时代齐国的一任国君齐宣王，特别喜欢听用竽吹奏出来的乐曲。齐宣王同时也是一位爱好排场的人，有天他命令手下替他高薪聘请了三百位擅长吹奏竽的乐师，组了一支大乐队，之后隔三差五就让这三百位乐师聚在一块儿合奏给他听。
zài jùjīn dàyuē liǎng qiān sān bǎi duō nián qián ，ZhànguóShídài Qíguó de yī Rèn guójūn QíXuānwáng ，tèbié xǐhuan tīng yòng yú chuīzòu chūlái de yuèqǔ 。QíXuānwáng tóngshí yě shì yī wèi àihào páichang de rén ，yǒu tiān tā mìnglìng shǒuxià tì tā gāoxīn pìnqǐng le sān bǎi wèi shàncháng chuīzòu yú de yuèshī ，zǔ le yī Zhī dà yuèduì ，zhīhòu gésānchàwǔ jiù ràng zhè sānbǎi wèi yuèshī jù zài yīkuàir hézòu gěi tā tīng 。
Around two thousand three hundred years ago, during the Warring States Period, there was a king from the Qi State, King Xuan of the State of Qi, who adored listening to musical compositions by the yu. The King was also someone who loved extravagant scenes. One day, he set out an order to his men to hire 300 musicians that played the yu to form an orchestra. After this, he would have these 300 musicians play the yu for him as an ensemble every few days.
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高薪聘请专家。
gāoxīn pìnqǐng zhuānjiā 。
To hire an expert at a high salary.
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高薪聘请
gāoxīn pìnqǐng
To hire somebody at a high salary.
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钱总，我们已经委托了猎头公司，但还没得到满意的答复。不过即使高薪从对手公司挖来人才，也不一定能很快了解我们公司的情况。
Qián zǒng ，wǒmen yǐjīng wěituō le liètóu gōngsī ，dàn hái méi dédào mǎnyì de dáfù 。bùguò jíshǐ gāoxīn cóng duìshǒu gōngsī wā lái réncái ，yě bù yīdìng néng hěnkuài liǎojiě wǒmen gōngsī de qíngkuàng 。
We've already hired a headhunting agency, President Qian, but we still haven't received any satisfactory responses. However, even if we're able to use a high salary to poach a talented person from a competing company, they won't necessarily be able to quickly get acclimated to our company.
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那他好像没什么特别的优势。如果期望不是很高，找一份一般的工作还是挺容易的。但是如果想要应聘好的职位，拿高薪，那就困难了。毕竟现在中国高端人才也多，外国人就业不像以前那么容易了。
nà tā hǎoxiàng méi shénme tèbié de yōushì 。rúguǒ qīwàng bù shì hěn gāo ，zhǎo yī fèn yībān de gōngzuò háishì tǐng róngyì de 。dànshì rúguǒ xiǎng yào yìngpìn hǎo de zhíwèi ，ná gāoxīn ，nà jiù kùnnan le 。bìjìng xiànzài Zhōngguó gāoduān réncái yě duō ，wàiguórén jiùyè bù xiàng yǐqián nàme róngyì le 。
It doesn't sound like he has a real edge. If his expectations aren't too high, it should be pretty easy to get an average sort of job. But if he wants to get hired for a good position with a high salary, that could be difficult. After all, now there are a lot of very highly qualified people in China. It's not as easy as it used to be for foreigners to get a good job.
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