◎ 拔擢 bázhuó[specially advance;promote] 提拔蒙荐举拔擢,常思有以报恩。——《后汉书·岑彭传》-----------------国语辞典:提拔、升用。《文选.扬雄.剧秦美新》:「数蒙渥恩,拔擢伦比,与群贤并愧,无以称职。」《文选.李密.陈情表》:「过蒙拔擢,宠命优渥。」近提拔英语 select the best people for promotion德语 befördern (V)
◎ 拔茅连茹 bámáo-liánrú[promote good men who will bring in their associates] 茅,即白茅。拔起茅草,根相牵连。比喻互相引荐,一人提升就连带引进许多人。茹:植物根部互相牵连的样子拔茅茹,以其汇。——《易·泰》。王弼注:“茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。”铲除封建思想的呼声喊得震天价响,然而亲戚故旧还不是拔茅连茹地登庸了么?——茅盾《蚀·幻灭》-----------------国语辞典:茅,茅草。茹,根部相连者。拔茅连茹语本《易经.泰卦.初九》:「拔茅茹,以其汇,征吉。」三国魏.王弼.注:「茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。茹,相牵引之貌也。」比喻贤人相继引进。《幼学琼林.卷二二.花木类》:「国家进多贤,曰拔茅连茹。」《野叟曝言.第八四回》:「如今又是赤瑛、红瑶夫妇,拔茅连茹,接踵而至。」英语 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others, inextricably tangled together, Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.