让 (讓)
ràng
Pinyin

Definition

让 (讓)
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ràng
  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])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

让
ràng
  1. 1 to yield
  2. 2 to permit
  3. 3 to let sb do sth
  4. 4 to have sb do sth
  5. 5 to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. 6 by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])
互不相让
hù bù xiāng ràng
  1. 1 neither giving way to the other
互让
hù ràng
  1. 1 to yield to one another
  2. 2 mutual accommodation
出让
chū ràng
  1. 1 to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
忍让
rěn ràng
  1. 1 to exercise forbearance
  2. 2 patient and accommodating

Idioms (7)

不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi
  1. 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
  2. 2 to be a match for men
  3. 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
拱手相让
gōng shǒu xiāng ràng
  1. 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender sth readily
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
  1. 1 to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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让您破费了。
ràng nín pòfèi le 。
Thank you for spending money on me.
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让您费心了。
ràng nín fèixīn le 。
Thank you for your consideration.
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怎么能让您付帐？
zěnme néng ràng nín fù zhàng ？
How could I let you pay?
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秦宇走到旁边的窗户，往里看，想看个究竟。这一看，让他愣了半天都无法缓过来。
QínYǔ zǒu dào pángbiān de chuānghu ，wǎng lǐ kàn ，xiǎng kàn ge jiūjìng 。zhè yī kàn ，ràng tā lèng le bàntiān dōu wúfǎ huǎn guòlái 。
QinYu then walked to the window on the side and looked into it. He wanted to figure out what actually happened. He was taken aback by what he saw and he didn't recover from the shock until a long time had passed.
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她自己的案子失败，竟敢让我背黑锅。
tā zìjǐ de ànzi shībài ，jìnggǎn ràng wǒ bēihēiguō 。
Her case failed, and she had the audacity to make me take the responsibility for it.
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时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。
shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。
As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.
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有什么关系。有人来再让位就好了。
yǒu shénme guānxi 。yǒu rén lái zài ràngwèi jiù hǎo le 。
What's the matter. Just give up your seat for them if anyone comes.
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原来，是那位让他心仪的女孩儿再度现身咖啡店！
yuánlái ，shì nà wèi ràng tā xīnyí de nǚháiēr zàidù xiànshēn kāfēidiàn ！
Turns out, it was the girl that he admires that appeared in the cafe again!
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