<p>推荐 = recommend (closer to push for)</p>
<p>建议 = suggest (closer to advice)</p>
<p>If you know the difference between 'recommend' and  'suggest' you should have no difficulty deciding when to use which.</p>
<p>推荐 applies to objects; 建议 applies to actions</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>推荐某人当顾问 (O)</p>
<p>建议某人当顾问 (X)</p>
<p>建议让某人当顾问 (O)</p>
<p>沒人推荐他 (O)</p>
<p>沒人建议他 (X)</p>
<p>沒人建议用他 (O)</p>
<p>孔明向刘备推荐联吳抗曹 (X)</p>
<p>孔明向刘备推荐联吳抗曹的策略 (O)</p>
<p>孔明向刘备建议联吳抗曹 (O)</p>
<p>孔明向刘备建议联吳抗曹的策略 (?) - <em>建议策略 clearly implies 建议(實行)策略, therefore omitting the verb 實行 is acceptable</em></p>
<p>孔明向刘备建议實行联吳抗曹的策略 (O)</p>

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<p>Formal definitions are not of great help. Studying HSK it is clear that 推荐 is the one use in any context where one recommends places to go/eat/do activities.</p>
<p>I could find <a href="https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/1762872" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> that 建议 is more about advice that recommendation. From <a href="https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details?word=%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">purpleculture</a> we could think 推荐 is a subset of 建议. I want to make sure, especially in the context of formal writing vs speaking.</p>

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Differences between 推荐 and 建议
# Differences between 推荐 and 建议

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-18)

Formal definitions are not of great help. Studying HSK it is clear that 推荐 is the one use in any context where one recommends places to go/eat/do activities.

I could find [here](https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/1762872) that 建议 is more about advice that recommendation. From [purpleculture](https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details?word=%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE) we could think 推荐 is a subset of 建议. I want to make sure, especially in the context of formal writing vs speaking.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-18. Score: 2

推荐 = recommend (closer to push for)

建议 = suggest (closer to advice)

If you know the difference between 'recommend' and 'suggest' you should have no difficulty deciding when to use which.

推荐 applies to objects; 建议 applies to actions

Example:

推荐某人当顾问 (O)

建议某人当顾问 (X)

建议让某人当顾问 (O)

沒人推荐他 (O)

沒人建议他 (X)

沒人建议用他 (O)

孔明向刘备推荐联吳抗曹 (X)

孔明向刘备推荐联吳抗曹的策略 (O)

孔明向刘备建议联吳抗曹 (O)

孔明向刘备建议联吳抗曹的策略 (?) - *建议策略 clearly implies 建议(實行)策略, therefore omitting the verb 實行 is acceptable*

孔明向刘备建议實行联吳抗曹的策略 (O)


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