姑息 gūxī overindulge Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 姑息养奸 gūxīyǎngjiān coddling evil to tolerate and nurture evildoers (idiom); to encourage wrongdoing through over-indulgence姑息遗患 gūxīyíhuàn lenience breeds trouble to indulge evil and leave behind a source of trouble; to tolerate is to abet