讓joeng6步bou6

English

1. to concede
2. to make a concession; to give way; to yield
3. to give in
4. to yield
5. a concession
6. (linguistics) concessive

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 唔再堅持某樣嘢；將原本嘅條件要求降低，以令雙方達成共識

Examples

• 為咗滿足佢啲要求，我做咗好多讓步㗎。

  I make lots of concessions in order to meet her requirements.

• 唔肯讓步、放低思想潔癖，只會搞到咩都做唔到。

  An insistence on ideological purity and an unwillingness to compromise lead to an inability to get things done.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 他让步了.

  He gave in.

  Tatoeba · asosan CC BY

• 汤姆不会让步的。

  Tom isn't going to back down.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 对于我们来说，这已经是做出了最大限度的让步了。

  In our view, we have already made the biggest possible compromise.

  Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY