当仁不让

Traditional form:

當仁不讓

Pinyin (reading):

dāngrénbùràng

Definitions:

• to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 仁 - benevolent, humane, kind
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 让 - to allow, to permit, to yield

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 仁 - benevolent, humane, kind
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 讓 - to allow, to permit, to yield