礼让 (禮讓)
lǐ ràng
Pinyin
Definition
礼让 (禮讓)
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- to show consideration for (others)
- to yield to (another vehicle etc)
- courtesy
- comity
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to yield
- 2 to permit
- 3 to let sb do sth
- 4 to have sb do sth
- 5 to make sb (feel sad etc)
- 6 by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])
- 1 celebration
- 2 ceremony
- 1 to exercise forbearance
- 2 patient and accommodating
Idioms (20)
不让须眉
- 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
- 2 to be a match for men
- 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
不遑多让
- 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
- 2 fig. not to be outdone
- 3 not to yield to one's opponents
以礼相待
- 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
先礼后兵
- 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
- 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
克己复礼
- 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
- 2 (any number of possible translations)