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手下留情
shǒu​xià​liú​qíng

be lenient

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
手下留情 shǒu​xià​liú​qíng
be lenient verb
used as an appeal for kindness or to request that one not be judged or treated too strictly
show mercy verb
to act with leniency or refrain from exercising full severity or force against someone

Frequency

Written text
1.29 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)