jiǎ​jiè

lenient

假借 jiǎ​jiè
lenient verb
to be tolerant or indulgent toward someone (often used in negative constructions meaning to show no mercy)
phonetic loan verb
one of the 六书 liù​shū of Chinese character classification, where a character is borrowed to represent a homophone
pretext verb
to make use of or use something as a pretext, often under false pretenses or a guise

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.47 per million

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