孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí

DEFINITIONS

  1. Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty

CHARACTERS

孔 kǒng
HSK 6
opening, hole, orifice; great
融 róng
HSK 6
melt, fuse; blend, harmonize
讓 ràng allow, permit, yield, concede
梨 lí
HSK 5
pear; opera; cut, slash