援引

yuányǐn
  1. to quote; to cite
  2. to recommend (a friend, an associate etc)

CEDICT

  1. to quote; to cite
  2. to recommend or promote someone on behalf of someone else

Wiktionary

  1. 引证、举例。
  2. 引荐、提拔。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 援 yuán
  1. to help
  2. to assist
  3. to aid
2 引 yǐn
  1. to draw (e.g. a bow)
  2. to pull
  3. to stretch sth
  4. to extend
  5. to lengthen
  6. to involve or implicate in
  7. to attract
  8. to lead
  9. to guide
  10. to leave
  11. to provide evidence or justification for
  12. old unit of distance equal to 10 丈 zhàng, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Related entries

引用 yǐnyòng
  1. to quote; to cite
  2. to recommend; to appoint
  3. (computing) reference
他常引用米爾頓。

He often quotes Milton.

Source: Tatoeba

摘引 zhāiyǐn to quote; to cite
保送 bǎosòng to recommend (for admission to school)
引进 yǐnjìn
  1. to recommend
  2. to introduce (from outside)
其中，道教是本国的，其他是从国外引进的。

Of these, Taoism is a native religion, the others having been introduced from foreign lands.

Source: Tatoeba

推荐 tuījiàn
  1. to recommend
  2. recommendation
你推荐什么？

What do you recommend?

Source: Tatoeba

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