put in a good word for sb
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à NW é ishu à C í, which means good at speaking, and later refers to saying good things for others. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.
Idiom explanation
Speech: speech.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang: "kill me, Zi Gong, be kind."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: to be a person
Idiom usage
To say good things for someone. When I see brother Wuke, I'll do it for me. The eleventh chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty
put in a good word for sb
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