懂中文 Dong Chinese
Dictionary
Log in
  • Learn
  • Dictionary
  • Media
  • Settings
孔融让梨
kǒng​róng​ràng​lí

Kong Rong giving up pears

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 孔融 kǒng​róng
    Kong Rong
    Kong Rong (153-208), a famous poet and official of the late Eastern Han Dynasty; one of the 建安七子 jiàn'ān​qī​zǐ and a 20th-generation descendant of Confucius.
  2. 让 讓 ràng verb
    to yield
    To give way or give up one's seat; to prioritize others' convenience
  3. 梨 lí noun
    pear
    pear; the fruit or the deciduous tree that produces it