Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 挹

(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out
(literary) to draw toward oneself

to pour out wine

to be extremely modest and polite

to admire and respect
to look up to

to defer to
to be submissive

to shift resources into areas of need
to inject funds
to balance resources

to ladle out
to scoop up

to reward and promote

to scoop up water with the hands

to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)

variant of 借資挹注／借资挹注 (jièzīyìzhù)