Meaning:

抬举 (táijǔ) to praise or promote someone to show favor

Usage:

“抬举”的本义是抬高、举高。引申义为看重一个人，称赞或者培养提拔他。当批评一个人不懂得欣赏他人对自己的称赞时，口语中常说：“某人不识抬举”，说这句话时，通常带有不满的情绪。

“抬举” originally means to lift. It extendedly means to praise or promote someone to show favor. When criticizing someone who is unappreciative of others’ praise, orally we say: “someone’s ungrateful or unappreciative” with dissatisfactions.

Examples:

1. 要不是您的抬举推荐，我不会取得现在的成功。谢谢您！

    Yào búshì nín de táijǔ tuījiàn, wǒ bú huì qǔdé xiànzài de chénggōng. Xièxiè nín

    I will never succeed without your favor and promotion. Thank you very much.

2. 让你做，是因为我们信任你，别不识抬举。

    Ràng nǐ zuò, shì yīnwèi wǒmen xìnrèn nǐ, bié bù shí táijǔ

    You were asked to do it because we trusted in you. You should be grateful.