







推贤让能 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to recommend and promote talented and virtuous individuals”. And to humbly yield one's position or opportunity to those who are more capable or worthy. Literally, “Recommend the worthy and yield to the able”.

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Open the tool →推贤让能 (tuī xián ràng néng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to recommend and promote talented and virtuous individuals”.
推贤让能 is pronounced tuī xián ràng néng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 推贤让能 means “Recommend the worthy and yield to the able”. It is used to mean “to recommend and promote talented and virtuous individuals”.
推:举荐;让:谦让。举荐贤人,让位于能者。