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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

听任 [tīngrèn]
  1. 1. verb [书] allow

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

听任 [tīngrèn]
  1. 1. [literary expression] allow; let (somebody do as he pleases)
    不能听任黄色书刊充斥市场。
    We cannot allow pornographic books to flood the market.
    我们不能听任这帮家伙胡作非为。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

听任 [tīngrèn]
  1. 1. 动 听凭。
See more results for 听任 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

我们不能听任这帮家伙胡作非为。 → 听任
不能听任这种歪理邪说到处散播。 → 散播
to leave sb to their own devices
听任某人自行其是 → device
to resign o.s. to sth
[+situation, fact] 听任某事 → resign
to let standards/things slide
听任标准下降/事情变糟 → slide

Word Decomposition

听
[tīng] 		+ 任
[rèn]

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