to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
trad. 姑息養奸
Also written 姑息養奸【gū xī yǎng jiān】
Characters in this word
4姑
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paternal aunt, husband's sister, husband's mother (old), nun, for the time being (literary)
- Pinyin
- gū
- Strokes
- 8
息
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(bound form) breath, (bound form) to cease; to stop, (bound form) to rest, (bound form) news, (bound form) interest (on money), (bound form) to grow; to multiply, (literary) one's child, Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 28998 of 2500
养
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to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Traditional
- 養
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3496 of 2500
奸
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wicked, crafty, traitor, variant of 姦|奸[jian1]
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 27449 of 2500