not lag behind in good causes;not decline to shoulder a responsibility; not leave to others what one ought to do oneself; not pass on to others what one is called upon to do; not yield the performance of virtue; take as one’s obligation to assume the authority; take sth as one’s obligation
❍ 当仁，不让于师。(《论语·卫灵公》) Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.
当仁不让dānɡ rén bù rànɡ
遇到该做的事就积极主动地去做，决不放任不管。not leave to others what one ought to do oneself, not decline to shoulder a responsibility, take sth. as one’s obligation, not lag behind in good cause, not to shirk what one’s obliged to do