禪讓

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See also: 禅让

Chinese

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abdicate; meditation; abstraction
abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism
 
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
trad. (禪讓)
simp. (禅让)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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禪讓

  1. to abdicate and hand over the crown to another person
    禪讓禅让  ―  Yáo Dì chánràng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

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  • This term is only used when the successor is not a member of the former royal family.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (禪讓):
  • Japanese: (ぜん)(じょう) (zenjō)
  • Korean: 선양(禪讓) (seonyang)