使人

shǐrén
  1. (Classical) emissary; envoy; messenger
  2. (Classical) to send someone
  3. (literary) servant
  4. emissary; envoy; messenger
  5. servant
  6. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)
  7. to send someone

Wiktionary

Examples

骄傲使人落后。

Pride goes before a fall.

Arrogance leads to a person's downfall.

Source: Tatoeba

恋爱使人盲目。

Love is blind.

Source: Tatoeba

Tatoeba會使人上癮。

Tatoeba is addictive.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位

Containing this entry

使人信服 shǐrénxìnfú convincing
虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後 xūxīnshǐrénjìnbù,jiāoàoshǐrénluòhòu modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)