當仁不讓

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	humane; kernel	not; no	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (當仁不讓)		當	仁	不	讓
simp. (当仁不让)		当	仁	不	让

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》):

子曰：「當仁不讓於師。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「当仁不让于师。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Dāng rén bù ràng yú shī.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngrénbùràng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ jan⁴ bat¹ joeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngrénbùràng [Phonetic: dāngrénbúràng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangrénbùràng
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-jên²-pu⁴-jang⁴
    • Yale: dāng-rén-bù-ràng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangrenburanq
    • Palladius: данжэньбужан (danžɛnʹbužan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ jan⁴ bat¹ joeng⁶
    • Yale: dōng yàhn bāt yeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ jan⁴ bat⁷ joeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ yen⁴ bed¹ yêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ²²/

Idiom

當仁不讓

1. to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others