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shǒu​xià​liú​qíng

to show mercy

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
手下留情 shǒu​xià​liú​qíng
to show mercy
to show leniency or mercy when punishing or fighting; to refrain from using one's full power or being too strict out of consideration for someone's feelings

Frequency

Written text
1.29 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)