讓: allow; yield; concede

讓 [让] ràng

adjective | verb
: to allow; to yield; to permit
: to let somebody do something; to have somebody do something
: to make somebody (feel sad etc)
: to concede

Kun Reading

譲る | ゆずる yuzuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of
: to yield; to surrender; to concede

讓[让]步 rang4bu4: to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession
[譲歩 | じょうほ jouho: concession; conciliation; compromise]

讓[让]人 rang4ren2: to allow people

讓人羨慕 [让人羡慕] rang4 ren2 xian4 mu4: enviable; to be admired

讓[让]位 rang4wei4: to abdicate; to yield
[讓位 OR 譲位 | じょうい joui: abdication]

讓[让]坐 rang4zuo4: to give up one’s seat; to be seated

轉讓 [转让] zhuan3rang4: transfer (technology, goods etc); conveyancing (property)

出讓[让] chu1rang4: to transfer (one’s property or rights to somebody else)

割讓[让] ge1rang4: to cede; cession
[割譲 | かつじょう katsujou: cession (of territory)]

容讓[让] rong2rang4: to make a concession; to be accommodating

忍讓[让] ren3rang4: to exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating

退讓[让] tui4rang4: to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
後日に譲る | ごじつにゆずる gojitsu ni yuzuru
: to keep (the matter) for another occasion

席を譲る | せきをゆずる seki o yuzuru
:to give your seat to someone; to offer your seat

権限委譲 | けんげんいじょう kenge nijou
: (yoji) delegation of authority (power); devolution; empowerment

百歩譲る | ひゃっぽゆずる hyappo yuzuru
: to be unwilling but to give in

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
不讓鬚眉 [不让须眉] bu4 rang4 xu1 mei2
: 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)

不遑多讓 [不遑多让] bu4 huang2 duo1 rang4
: lit. no time to concede much; not outdone by; not inferior in any respect; in no way conceding to

推賢讓能 [推贤让能] tui1 xian2 rang4 neng2
: to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented

拱手相讓 [拱手相让] gong1 shou3 xiang1 rang4
: to bow and give way; to surrender something readily

當仁不讓 [当仁不让] dang1 ren2 bu4 rang4
: to be unwilling to pass on one’s responsibilities to others

溫良恭儉讓 [温良恭俭让] wen1 liang2 gong1 jian3 rang4
: kind-hearted and moderate; temperate and gentle

走自己的路，讓人家去說 [走自己的路，让人家去说] zou3 zi4 ji3 de5 lu4 , rang4 ren2 jia1 qu4 shuo1
: Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) Do it my way.