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- (bound form) to confer; to give
- (bound form) to teach; to instruct
- (literary) to appoint
Trad. 面授機宜
- (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue; to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
- to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom)
- to give someone a hold on oneself
Trad. 臨危授命
- to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
Trad. 男女授受不親
- men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
Trad. 授之以魚不如授之以漁
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
Trad. 授人以魚不如授人以漁
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
- knowledge is the best charity
