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HSK 2 - Easy
5 strokes
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让 (讓)

ràng

Definition

to let (someone do something)
老师让你去她的办公室。

The teacher asked you to go to her office.
to allow
to have (somebody do something)
to permit
to make (somebody feel sad, etc.)
to give way
to give ground
to yield
to give up
to concede
to invite
to offer

Character Decomposition

Related words (34)

to abdicate; to yield

to give up one's seat; to be seated

to give up one's seat for sb

to get out of the way; to step aside

to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession

to offer a cigarette

to concede points (in a game)

to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field; (fig.) (of farmers in ancient times) to be good-hearted and honest

to make way (for sth)

concessively (linguistic term); yieldingly

ràng rén xiàn mù

enviable; to be admired

to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)

to cede; cession

to make a concession; to be accommodating

to exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating

you let me win (said politely after winning a game)

to show consideration for (others); to yield to (another vehicle etc); courtesy; comity

to abdicate

to lease out; to rent (one's property out to sb else)

to modestly decline

to step aside (for a passing vehicle); to get out of the way; to make way for

transfer (technology, goods etc); conveyancing (property)

to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede

to avoid; to yield (in traffic); to get out of the way

to jump out of the way

to sell (a business); to replace (sb)

kě zhuǎn ràng

transferable; negotiable

chéng ràng rén

grantee (law)

hóng bù ràng

home run (loanword); a big hit (hugely popular) (Tw)

hù bù xiāng ràng

neither giving way to the other

dāng rén bù ràng

to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others

wèi huáng duō ràng

see 不遑多让

wēn liáng rěn ràng

submissive; accommodating

可转让证券

kě zhuǎn ràng zhèng quàn

negotiable securities

Idioms (6)

ràng xián yǔ néng

to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)

bù ràng xū méi

(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc; to be a match for men; (lit.) not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)

bù huáng duō ràng

(lit.) to have no time for civilities (idiom); (fig.) not to be outdone; not to yield to one's opponents

gōng shǒu xiāng ràng

to bow and give way (idiom); to surrender sth readily

tuī xián ràng néng

to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)

温良恭俭让

wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng

kindhearted and moderate (idiom); temperate and gentle

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