禅让
shàn ràng
Pinyin

Definition

禅让
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shàn ràng
  1. to abdicate

Related Words (20)

让
ràng
  1. 1 to yield
  2. 2 to permit
  3. 3 to let sb do sth
  4. 4 to have sb do sth
  5. 5 to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. 6 by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])
互不相让
hù bù xiāng ràng
  1. 1 neither giving way to the other
互让
hù ràng
  1. 1 to yield to one another
  2. 2 mutual accommodation
出让
chū ràng
  1. 1 to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
刘禅
Liú Chán
  1. 1 Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
参禅
cān chán
  1. 1 to practice Chan Buddhist meditation
  2. 2 to practice Zen meditation
  3. 3 to sit in meditation
口头禅
kǒu tóu chán
  1. 1 Zen saying repeated as cant
  2. 2 (fig.) catchphrase
  3. 3 mantra
  4. 4 favorite expression
  5. 5 stock phrase
坐禅
zuò chán
  1. 1 to sit in meditation
  2. 2 to meditate
忍让
rěn ràng
  1. 1 to exercise forbearance
  2. 2 patient and accommodating
承让
chéng ràng
  1. 1 you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
拱手相让
gōng shǒu xiāng ràng
  1. 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender sth readily
班禅
Bān chán
  1. 1 Panchen (Lama)
  2. 2 abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼|班禅额尔德尼[Bān chán É ěr dé ní]
当仁不让
dāng rén bù ràng
  1. 1 to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
禅
chán
  1. 1 dhyana (Sanskrit)
  2. 2 Zen
  3. 3 meditation (Buddhism)
禅修
chán xiū
  1. 1 to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
禅城
Chán chéng
  1. 1 see 禪城區|禅城区[Chán chéng qū]
禅城区
Chán chéng qū
  1. 1 Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong
禅宗
Chán zōng
  1. 1 Zen Buddhism
禅师
chán shī
  1. 1 honorific title for a Buddhist monk
禅房
chán fáng
  1. 1 a room in a Buddhist monastery
  2. 2 a temple

Idioms (8)

不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi
  1. 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
  2. 2 to be a match for men
  3. 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
拱手相让
gōng shǒu xiāng ràng
  1. 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender sth readily
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
  1. 1 to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
温良恭俭让
wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng
  1. 1 kindhearted and moderate (idiom); temperate and gentle
禅门五宗
chán mén wǔ zōng
  1. 1 the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
让贤与能
ràng xián yǔ néng
  1. 1 to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)

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