Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.infmlgive way; give ground; yield; give up
你该让着妹妹一点。
You ought to humour your younger sister a little.
我让了他一步棋。
I let him have the first two moves.
哥哥应该让着弟弟。
An elder brother should give in a little bit to his younger brother.
让二十分
concede 20 points
- 2
v.let; allow; make
让他仔细想一想。
Let him think it over.
医生不让她起来。
The doctor told her to stay in bed.
爸爸让他去中国学汉语。
Dad asked him to study Chinese in China.
抱歉,让你久等了。
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
synonym
- 3
v.trade in; sell (property ownership)
我可以按半价把这本字典让给你。
I can let you have this dictionary at half its price.
我打算让出一间屋子给亲戚住。
I'm going to give up a room to my relatives.
我可以把这本书让给你。
I can trade this book to you.
出让
sell
- 4
v.invite; offer
让茶
offer somebody tea
把客人让进屋里
invite guest into the room
- 5
prep.infml(used in a passive sentence to introduce the doer of the action)
太阳让云遮住了。
The sun was hidden by clouds.
让他猜对了。
He've guessed right.
行李让大雨淋湿了。
The luggage got wet in the rain.
她让他给气跑了。
He made her so angry that she left in a huff.
synonym
- 6
v.dodge; make way; make room
幸亏我让得快,要不然早被那辆自行车撞倒了。
Luckily I dodged in time, or I'd have been knocked down by the bike.
让路
make way
请让开点。
Stay out of the way, please.
让一下道。
Make way.
Words and phrases with 让
- 让与[word]transfer
- 让座[word]give up or offer one's seat; invite a guest to be seated
- 让车标志[word]yield sign
- 让渡人[word]transferor
- 让利[word]discount
- 让贤[word]relinquish one's post to make way for a more qualified person
- 让步[word]give in
- 让车[word]give way
- 让路[word]give somebody the right of way
- 让枣推梨[idiom]mutually decline to take dates and pears