孔融让梨

Traditional: 孔融讓梨
Kǒng Róng ràng lí
Dictionary entry
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

What does 孔融让梨 mean?

孔融让梨 (Kǒng Róng ràng lí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Kong 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

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