shàn​wèi

to abdicate

  • created sense approved 禅位/禪位 · shàn​wèi · to abdicate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    禅位 / 禪位

    shàn​wèi

    to abdicate

    to abdicate a throne; to pass the position of monarch to a successor either through merit-based selection or to an heir during one's lifetime

    禅, 位

    禅 (literal) → 禅/禪 · shàn · to abdicate 位 (literal) → 位 · wèi · throne

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense