to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
trad. 當仁不讓
Also written 當仁不讓【dāng rén bù ràng】
Characters in this word
4当
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(onom.) dong, ding dong (bell)
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Traditional
- 噹
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 145 of 2500
仁
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humane, kernel
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 13862 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
让
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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])
- Pinyin
- ràng
- Traditional
- 讓
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 39 of 2500