让梨

讓梨
rànglí
  1. (figurative) to subordinate oneself to elders
  2. (literary) to yield the pear; to leave (the biggest) pears (for others to eat)
  3. to subordinate oneself to elders
  4. to yield the pear; to leave (the biggest) pears (for others to eat)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 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)
2 梨 lí pear

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

孔融让梨 Kǒng Róngrànglí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 Kǒng Róng picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty