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推賢讓能

简推贤让能 · 繁推賢讓能

Mandarin · pinyin tuī xián ràng néng

to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)

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推: tuī · push, expel; push forward
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能: néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
贤: xián · virtuous, worthy, good; able
让: ràng · allow, permit, yield, concede

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1–2–4–2 · tui1 xian2 rang4 neng2

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teoi1 jin4 joeng6 nang4

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