nhân nhượng
Definition
- Verb:
- To compromise: To make concessions or yield some demands in order to reach an agreement or avoid conflict. This is the core meaning, implying a willingness to adjust one's position.
- To be accommodating: To show a flexible and yielding attitude towards others' wishes or opinions.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hai bên đã nhân nhượng lẫn nhau để ký kết hợp đồng. (The two sides compromised with each other to sign the contract.)
- Trong một mối quan hệ, đôi khi cần phải biết nhân nhượng. (In a relationship, sometimes you need to know how to compromise.)
- Anh ấy không bao giờ nhân nhượng trước những đòi hỏi vô lý. (He never compromises with unreasonable demands.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a strategic or diplomatic nuance, suggesting a calculated yielding for a greater benefit or peace, rather than simple surrender.
- It is commonly used in formal, political, or serious interpersonal contexts.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhường nhịn (v): To give way, to yield. This is a close synonym but often implies more patience and tolerance in everyday personal interactions.
- Chị ấy luôn nhường nhịn em trai. (She always yields to her younger brother.)
Synonyms
- Compromise: To settle a dispute by mutual concession.
- Make concessions: To agree to give up some demands.
- Accommodate: To adapt or adjust to someone else's needs.
- Yield: To give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.
Related Idioms
- While "nhân nhượng" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases about negotiation and peace.
- Đàm phán trên tinh thần nhân nhượng. (To negotiate in a spirit of compromise.)