Definition

1. Verb:
   • To appoint to an important position; to entrust with a significant responsibility: The core meaning of "trọng dụng" is to place a high value on someone's abilities and to formally assign them to a key role or duty, often within an organization or government.
   • To value and employ talent: It specifically implies recognizing and utilizing skilled, capable, or talented individuals by giving them important work.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ trọng dụng nhiều chuyên gia trẻ. (The government appoints many young experts to important positions.)
  • Công ty cần biết trọng dụng nhân tài để phát triển. (The company needs to know how to value and employ talent in order to develop.)
  • Ông ấy được trọng dụng làm giám đốc mới. (He was appointed to the important position of new director.)

Advanced Usage

• The term carries a formal and respectful tone, often used in contexts of governance, corporate management, or historical narratives about rulers and ministers.
• It implies a deliberate and strategic act by someone in authority, not merely a casual hiring.

Variants and Related Words

• Trọng vọng (v): to hold in high esteem, to respect greatly. This focuses more on respect than on official appointment.
• Bổ nhiệm (v): to appoint, to assign a position. This is a more general and administrative term for appointment, lacking the connotation of highly valuing talent inherent in "trọng dụng."
• Tin dùng (v): to trust and use, to rely on. This emphasizes trust in a person's capabilities.

Synonyms

• To appoint to a key post
• To entrust with an important charge
• To value and employ (talent)

Related Idioms

• Trọng dụng nhân tài: This is the most common collocation, meaning "to value and employ talented people" or "to appoint talented individuals to important posts."
  • Vị vua anh minh luôn biết trọng dụng nhân tài. (The wise king always knew how to value and employ talented people.)