| 推贤让能 |
tuī xián ràng néng |
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom) |
| 推 |
tuī |
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage |
| 贤 |
xián |
worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation |
| 让 |
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) |
| 能 |
Néng |
surname Neng |
| 能 |
néng |
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy |