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谦让
qiān​ràng

to modestly decline

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
谦让 謙讓 qiān​ràng
to modestly decline
to politely yield or decline, usually out of modesty or courtesy; to step aside in favor of others

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.210 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.58 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 退让 tuì​ràng
  • 尽让 jǐn​ràng
  • 冲退 chōng​tuì

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)