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		shard on Sept 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Some Languages Sound Faster Than Others Google Translate notwithstanding, I don't really feel like 讓 means 'make'. It feels much closer to 'allow, give permission, let'. 逼 seems closer to 'make' then 讓.

makthrow on Sept 10, 2011 [–]

Yea, I asked because I don't know of any word in Chinese that met his description.

wisty on Sept 12, 2011 | [–]

It's 让. I think 逼 is vicerally forceful, also meaning "press" (physically or metaphorically). I think you use 让 in most circumstances.

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