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重用 (zhòng yòng) — to assign (someone) to an important position; to give a key role

Definition

重用 (zhòngyòng) means to assign someone to a key position, usually because you value their ability. Unlike 提拔 (promote through rank), 重用 focuses on the role and trust placed in someone rather than a formal rank change.

verb
to assign (someone) to an important positionto give a key role

Examples

  • 重用。
    Gōng sī jué dìng zhòng yòng tā wèi bù mén jīng lǐ.
    The company decided to appoint him as department manager.
  • 重用。
    Zhè cì xiàng mù xū yào zhòng yòng yǒu jīng yàn de rén cái.
    This project needs to put experienced talent in important positions.
  • 重用。
    Lǎo bǎn fēi cháng zhòng yòng zhè wèi nián qīng de gōng chéng shī.
    The boss highly trusts and promotes this young engineer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

重zhòngimportant
用yònguse

“重” important and “用” use combine to mean using someone in an important way.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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