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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 当仁不让

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
当仁不让 dāng rén bù ràng - to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 91,324 31,875 35,583

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
rén- humane
- kernel
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
ràng- 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])

Other Words Containing 当仁不让

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
当仁不让 - - 91,324 31,875 35,583