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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

容 [róng]
  1. 1. verb [容纳] fit
    这个会议室容得下300人吗？
    Can this meeting room fit three hundred people?
  2. 2. verb [容忍] tolerate
    他容不得比他强的人。
    He can't tolerate anyone better than him.
  3. 3. verb [允许] allow
    他根本不容别人发表观点。
    He just doesn't allow anyone else to express their views.
  4. 4. noun [神情] facial expression
  5. 5. noun [相貌] appearance
  6. 6. noun [外观] appearance
    市容
    appearance of a city

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

容 [róng]
  1. 1. verb hold; contain
    这个礼堂能容一千人。
    The auditorium can hold a thousand people. or The auditorium has a seating capacity of 1,000.
    这座大桥可容四辆卡车并列通行。
    The bridge can take four lorries a breast.
  2. 2. verb tolerate
    容人之过
    be tolerant of others' mistakes
    容不得不同意见
    cannot tolerate dissenting views
  3. 3. verb permit; allow
    详情容后再告。
    Permit me to give the details later.
    请容我考虑几天再作决定吧！
    Please give me a few days to consider before I make my decision.
  4. 4. noun facial expression
    笑容
    smiling expression; smile
  5. 5. noun appearance; looks
    仪容
    looks; appearance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

容 [róng]
  1. 1. 动 盛(ｃｈéｎɡ)；包含
    这个教室能容50人
    间不容发
    无地自容
    容器。
  2. 2. 动 对人宽大；谅解
    兄弟二人不能相容
    情理难容
    容忍
    宽容。
  3. 3. 动 允许
    不容我解释
    刻不容缓
    容许。
  4. 4. 副 [文] 也许；可能
    容或有之。
  5. 5. 名 相貌
    容貌
    容颜
    遗容
    仪容。
  6. 6. 名 脸上的神色
    笑容可掬
    容光焕发
    病容。
  7. 7. 名 事物的景象或状态
    市容
    军容
    阵容。
  8. 8. "容"字统读ｒóｎɡ，不读ｙóｎɡ。
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Examples

一国的内政岂容别国干涉？
How can a country tolerate external interference in its internal affairs?
他心胸狭窄，容不下人。
He is narrow-minded and intolerant.
这件事事关重大，容不得纤毫失误！
This matter is of great significance, thus there is no matgin for error.
心窄的人总是对什么事都容不下。
A narrow-minded person can tolerate nothing undesirable.
容我斗胆评论一下你的工作。
May I be so bold as to pass comment on your work?
他容不得比他强的人。
He can't tolerate anyone better than him.
春天容易犯困。
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Character Decomposition

宀
[mián]		 + 谷
[gǔ]

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