孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí

Kong Rong giving up pears; be selfless, modest

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融kǒng róng 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

Character Meaning
孔 kǒng HSK 6
hole; surname Kong; classifier for cave dwellings
融 róng HSK 6
to melt; to merge; to blend
讓 ràng
to let sb do sth; to permit; to yield
梨 lí HSK 5
pear