推贤让能 — Chinese idiom
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
Traditional: 推賢讓能
Meaning
- to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented
Character by character
- 推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 让ràngto allow, to permit, to yield
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
Idioms sharing a character
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
- 推来推去 tuī lái tuī qù
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 推杯换盏 tuī bēi huàn zhǎn
- 推波助澜 tuī bō zhù lán
- 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
- 推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 任人唯贤 rèn rén wéi xián
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