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让 (讓)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

让 [ràng]
  1. 1. verb [退让] make allowances
    孩子小，你就让着点吧。
    The child's only young – you should make allowances for him.
  2. 2. verb [谦让] invite
    先把客人让进屋
    invite guests to enter a room first
  3. 3. verb [允许] let
    老板不让我休假。
    My boss won't let me take any holiday.
  4. 4. verb [避开] make way
  5. 5. verb [转让] transfer
    这张演出票能让给我吗？
    Can the ticket for the performance be transferred to me?
  6. 6. preposition [转让] by
    大树让风吹倒了。
    The big tree was blown down by the wind.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

让 [ràng]
  1. 1. verb give way; give ground; yield; give up
    幸亏我让得快，要不早给那辆自行车撞倒了。
    Luckily I dodged in time, or I'd have been knocked down by the bike.
    我让了他两步棋。
    I let him have the first two moves (in a chess game).
    各不相让。
    Neither is willing to give ground.
    平时我总是让着她。
    他很不礼貌地冲人们大喊：“让开！让开！”
    我把座位让给了身边的一位老大爷。
    他们俩谁也不让谁。
    我把这次出国的机会让给了她。
  2. 2. verb invite; offer
    把客人让进里屋
    invite guests into the inner room
    让茶
    offer sb. tea
    他十分热情地把大家让进屋里。
  3. 3. verb let; allow; make
    他让我把这个消息转告你。
    He told me to pass the message on to you.
    大夫不让她起来。
    The doctor told her to stay in bed.
    让我想一想。
    Let me think it over.
    要想让她停下手中的活那可办不到。
    让我好好想一想才能做决定。
    让我先来吧。
    不能让他这样胡来。
    他让我很过意不去。
    他不让我走，我也没办法。
  4. 4. verb let somebody have something at a fair price
    我把激光唱机低价转让给他了。
    I sold my CD player to him at a lower price.
  5. 5. preposition used in a passive sentence to introduce the doer of the action
    她让小刘给气跑了。
    Xiao Liu made her so angry that she left in a huff.
    行李让雨淋湿了。
    The luggage got wet in the rain.
    庄稼让大水冲跑了。
    The crops were washed away by the flood.
    台布让墨水给染了。
    The table cloth got stained with ink.
    家里的钱全让小偷给偷走了。
  6. 6. noun Jean

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

让 [ràng]
  1. 1. 动 把方便或好处留给别人;谦让
    什么时候也是我让着她
    你推我让
    让步
    让路
    退让。
  2. 2. 动 把权利或财物转移给别人
    让出一间屋子给亲戚住
    让位
    割让
    转让
    出让。
  3. 3. 动 逊色；亚于
    巾帼不让须眉。
  4. 4. 动 邀请;请客人(饮酒、用茶等)
    把来宾让到贵宾席就座
    让茶。
  5. 5. 动 容许;使
    不能让他占了便宜
    来晚了,让您久等了。
  6. 6. 动 表示一种愿望,用于号召
    让我们继承先烈遗志继续前进。
  7. 7. 介 [口] 用于被动句,引进动作行为的施事者,相当于"被"
    饭都让他们吃光了
    窗户纸让大风刮破了
    让人打了一顿。
  8. 8. "讓"简化为"让",但在其他由"襄"构成的字(如"嚷""壤""攘""瓤"等)中,"襄"都不能类推简化为"上"。
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Examples

不要让自己闷坐愁城, 应当让自己开心起来。
You should cheer up, don't act so dejected. → 愁城
让世界充满爱心。
Fill the world with love. → 爱心
别让日常事务把你绊住了。
Don't get yourself bogged down in routine work. → 绊
让人口这样增长下去，那可不得了。
If population is allowed to grow like this, disaster will overtake us. → 不得了
让你久等了，真不好意思。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. → 不好意思
快说吧，别让我们猜谜儿了。
Now out with it. Don't keep us guessing. → 猜谜儿
小心别让碎玻璃碴了手!
Mind you don't cut yourself on the broken glass! → 碴
孩子们缠绕着我不让我走。
The children kept pestering me and would not let me go. → 缠绕
游行队伍让马队给冲散了。
The demonstrators were scattered by the mounted police. → 冲散
小心别让你孩子传上流感。
Mind that your children don't catch the flu. → 传
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Character Decomposition

讠
[yán]		 + 上
[shàng]

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nciku Note

Prepositions as introducers of objects

A preposition is used before an object, noun, pronoun or a phrase, to form a phrase that describes a place, position, direction, method, time, object, aim, or the passive voice. Prepositional phrases can be used as adverbial adjuncts, objects, attributives or compliments. “对”，“对于”，“关于”，“至于”，“和”，“跟”，“同”，“与”，“为”，“给”，“替”，“于”，“把”，“将”，“叫”，“让”，“被”，“比”，“朝”，“向” can be used as prepositions to introduce the recipients - objects - of an action. “被” may be used to introduce the doers of an action.

e.g. （1）他对我很好。 （2）对于你来说，这只是一场游戏。 （3）至于故事的结局，我早就忘记了。 （4）我和（跟，同，与）他同桌三年了。 （5）我为你准备了一份礼物。 （6）我给你准备了一份礼物。 （7）我替他向你问好。 （8）技术应该服务于生产。 （9）我把自行车修好了。 （10）我将自行车修好了。 （11）叫（让）过来一下。 （12）你的自行车被我修好了。 （13）你比他高。 （14）他朝（向）终点冲了过去。

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