谦让 (謙讓)
qiān ràng
Pinyin
Definition
谦让 (謙讓)
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- to modestly decline
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 neither giving way to the other
- 1 to yield to one another
- 2 mutual accommodation
- 1 to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
- 1 Nangqên county (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yù shù Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Idioms (8)
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
寸步不让
- 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
拱手相让
- 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
- 2 to surrender sth readily
推贤让能
- 1 to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)