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禅让
shàn​ràng

to abdicate

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
禅让 禪讓 shàn​ràng
to abdicate
To abdicate a throne; traditionally refers to the ancient practice of passing the imperial throne to a worthy successor rather than to one's own child.

Frequency

Written text
0.207 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 擅授 shàn​shòu
  • 擅让 shàn​ràng

Has abbreviation

  • 禅 shàn

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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