created sense approved 揖让/揖讓 · yīràng · ancient courtesy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
揖让 / 揖讓
yīràng
ancient courtesy
(literary) ancient etiquette between guests and a host, characterized by bowing and yielding to one another
揖 (literal) → 揖 · yī · to bow 让 (literal) → 让/讓 · ràng · to yield
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created sense approved 揖让/揖讓 · yīràng · to abdicate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
揖让 / 揖讓
yīràng
to abdicate
(literary) to abdicate or step down in favor of a more virtuous person; to yield a throne or position
揖 (literal) → 揖 · yī · to bow 让 (literal) → 让/讓 · ràng · to yield
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition