让 ràng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 上 above, on top, superior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
让步
ràngbù
to make concessions; concession
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 谈判陷入僵局后，双方都作出有限让步才避免破裂。 Tánpàn xiànrù jiāngjú hòu, shuāngfāng dōu zuòchū yǒuxiàn ràngbù cái bìmiǎn pòliè. After the negotiations reached a deadlock, both sides made limited concessions and only then avoided a breakdown.
- 在价格问题上，公司最终同意作出一点让步。 Zài jiàgé wèntí shàng, gōngsī zuìzhōng tóngyì zuòchū yìdiǎn ràngbù. On the price issue, the company finally agreed to make a small concession.
- 父母在小事上互相让步，家里的气氛更融洽了。 Fùmǔ zài xiǎoshì shàng hùxiāng ràngbù, jiālǐ de qìfēn gèng róngqià le. When the parents give way to each other over small things, the atmosphere at home becomes more harmonious.
Related words
- 让 ràng to let; to make
- 转让 zhuǎnràng to transfer
- 避让 bìràng to give way; to yield; to avoid
- 退让 tuìràng to make concessions; to give way
- 步 bù step
- 初步 chūbù preliminary; first-step
- 进步 jìnbù progress
- 进一步 jìnyíbù further; one step further
- 跑步 pǎobù to run
- 散步 sànbù to take a walk
- 步行 bùxíng to walk
- 逐步 zhúbù step by step