Chinese word dictionary

禅让

shàn ràng · to abdicate

Practice word

Word information

Simplified禅让

Traditional禪讓

Pinyinshàn ràng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

禅chán

meditation, contemplation

让ràng

to allow, to permit, to yield

How to learn 禅让

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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让ràng

to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

转让zhuǎnràng

to transfer (ownership, rights etc)

避让bìràng

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

口头禅kǒutóuchán

Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase

让步ràngbù

to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive

退让tuìràng

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