to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
trad. 推賢讓能
Also written 推賢讓能【tuī xián ràng néng】
Characters in this word
4推
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to push, to cut, to refuse, to reject, to decline, to shirk (responsibility), to put off, to delay, to push forward, to nominate, to elect, massage
- Pinyin
- tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2207 of 2500
贤
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worthy or virtuous person, honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- Pinyin
- xián
- Traditional
- 賢
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 46598 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
能
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surname Neng
- Pinyin
- Néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 53 of 2500