禪讓

禅让
shànràng
to abdicate

CEDICT

to abdicate and hand over the crown to another person

Wiktionary

帝王讓位給賢人。《書經．堯典》唐．孔穎達．正義：「堯舜禪讓聖賢，禹湯傳授子孫。」《三國演義．第八○回》：「帝從之，乃遣太常院官，卜地於繁陽，築起三層高臺，擇於十月庚午日寅時禪讓。」也作「擅授」、「擅讓」。

重編國語辭典

把帝位讓給他人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 禪 shàn to abdicate
2 讓 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

禪讓制 shànràngzhì

Related entries

禪 shàn to abdicate
禪位 shànwèi to abdicate (as king)
讓位 ràngwèi
  1. to abdicate
  2. to yield
退位 tuìwèi to abdicate
遜 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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