毛遂自薦

Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)

surname Mao

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4]

used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2] / Taiwan pr. [sui4]

to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to recommend oneself (for a job)

to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat