appoint people on their merit
Ren Xian Shi Neng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R è nxi á NSH ǐ n é ng, which means to appoint people with virtue and talent. From Xunzi Wang Zhi.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: the sage is in office, the capable is in office
Idiom usage
Wu's leader is a man of great ability and great ambition. The eighty second chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
"Xunzi · Wang Zhi" says, "if you want to establish an official position, you must uphold the ability of the virtuous." In Wang Chong's Lun Heng · nature of Han Dynasty, "Shun and Yu inherited the rule of an, appointed the virtuous and capable, respected themselves and ruled the world."
appoint people on their merit
make things worse by repeated delays - yī wù zài wù
The island is thin and the countryside is cold - dǎo shòu jiāo hán
The ape is sad and the crane is resentful - yuán bēi hè yuàn