禅让

禪讓
shànràng
to abdicate

CEDICT

to abdicate and hand over the crown to another person

Wiktionary

帝王让位给贤人。《书经．尧典》唐．孔颖达．正义：「尧舜禅让圣贤，禹汤传授子孙。」《三国演义．第八○回》：「帝从之，乃遣太常院官，卜地于繁阳，筑起三层高台，择于十月庚午日寅时禅让。」也作「擅授」、「擅让」。

重編國語辭典

把帝位让给他人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 禅 shàn to abdicate
2 让 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)

Containing this entry

禅让制 shànràngzhì

Related entries

禅 shàn to abdicate
禅位 shànwèi to abdicate (as king)
让位 ràngwèi
  1. to abdicate
  2. to yield
退位 tuìwèi to abdicate
逊 xùn
  1. to abdicate
  2. modest
  3. yielding
  4. unpretentious
  5. inferior to
  6. (slang) to suck
紐約位在哈得遜河。

New York is on the Hudson River.

Source: Tatoeba

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