从轻发落
cóng​qīng​fā​luò

to let off lightly

  • created sense approved 从轻发落/從輕發落 · cóng​qīng​fā​luò · to let off lightly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从轻发落 / 從輕發落

    cóng​qīng​fā​luò

    to let off lightly

    to punish someone leniently or reduce a penalty, often with the intention of giving them a chance to reform

    从轻 (literal) → 从轻/從輕 · cóng​qīng · to be lenient 发落 (literal) → 发落/發落 · fā​luò · to deal with

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense