忍让

忍

rěn

让

讓

ràng

to exercise forbearance / patient and accommodating

Characters and words in 忍让

忍

rěn = r + (e)n3

to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself

Add a new mnemonic for 忍 = 刃 + 心

忍 = 刃 + 心 : Robinson Crusoe (r) cannot endure (忍) life anymore. In the encampment ((e)n3) he puts his heart (心) on the floor and is ready to end his life with one streak of his bihänder (刃).

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让

讓

ràng = r + ang4

to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

Add a new mnemonic for 让 = 上 + 讠

Add a new mnemonic for 讓 = 言 + 襄

让 = 上 + 讠 : Robinson Crusoe badly needs to use anglepod's bathroom, but currently it's under renovation. On the toilet seats there's a sign saying "上" and pointing to an advertising column, so Robinson thinks that they just want him to sit on top of the advertising column, and indeed there's a hole at the top of the column.

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