ràng
to let; allow
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请让一让。
qǐng ràng yī ràng.
Please make way.
我让你先来。
wǒ ràng nǐ xiān lái.
I'll let you go first.
他让我很生气。
tā ràng wǒ hěn shēng qì.
He made me very angry.
阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
prevent
禁止 (jìnzhǐ)
forbid
The Chinese character 让 (ràng) is composed of two parts: the radical 讠 (yán), which indicates that the character is related to speech or language, and the phonetic component 让 (ràng), which provides the character with its pronunciation. The original meaning of 让 is "to yield" or "to give way", which is related to the idea of using words to persuade or convince someone to do something. Over time, the meaning of 让 has expanded to include other related concepts such as "to allow", "to permit", "to let", and "to make way for". In modern Chinese, 让 is commonly used in polite requests, suggestions, and invitations, as well as in the sense of "to give up" or "to sacrifice".
