refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment; not be too hard on subject
trad. 不為已甚
Also written 不為已甚【bù wéi yǐ shèn】
Characters in this word
4不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
已
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already, to stop, then, afterwards
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 410 of 2500
甚
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variant of 什[shen2]
- Pinyin
- shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9616 of 2500