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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.
    学校的食堂能同时容500人就餐。
    这条马路太窄，容不下两辆车并行。
  2. 2. verb tolerate
    容人之过
    be tolerant of others' mistakes
    容不得不同意见
    cannot tolerate dissenting views
    能容人处且容人。
    她嫉妒心太强，容不下别人比她强。
  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.
    对不起，请稍等片刻，容我接个电话。
    情况紧急，容不得人片刻犹豫。
  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? → 岂
容不得不同意见
cannot tolerate dissenting views → 容
他心胸狭窄，容不下人。
He is narrow-minded and intolerant. → 容人
社会呼唤正义，岂容豺狼当道？ → 豺狼当道
皮肤常年暴露在紫外线下容易患皮肤癌。 → 长年
做学问容不得半点弄虚作假。 → 弄虚作假
学校的食堂能同时容500人就餐。 → 容
这条马路太窄，容不下两辆车并行。 → 容
她嫉妒心太强，容不下别人比她强。 → 容
对不起，请稍等片刻，容我接个电话。 → 容
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Character Decomposition

宀
[mián]		 + 谷
[gǔ]

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