yǎng​yōng​yí​huàn

to tolerate budding evil

  • created reference approved 养痈贻患/養癰貽患 → 养痈成患/養癰成患 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养痈贻患 / 養癰貽患 yǎng​yōng​yí​huàn

    养痈成患 / 養癰成患 yǎng​yōng​chéng​huàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 养痈贻患/養癰貽患 → 姑息养奸/姑息養奸 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养痈贻患 / 養癰貽患 yǎng​yōng​yí​huàn

    姑息养奸 / 姑息養奸 gū​xī​yǎng​jiān

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 养痈贻患/養癰貽患 · yǎng​yōng​yí​huàn · to tolerate budding evil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养痈贻患 / 養癰貽患

    yǎng​yōng​yí​huàn

    to tolerate budding evil

    literally to foster an ulcer and cause future trouble; allowing a small problem or evil person to persist will eventually result in a major disaster

    养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to grow 痈 (literal) → 痈/癰 · yōng · carbuncle 贻患 (literal) → 贻患/貽患 · yí​huàn · to sow seeds of disaster

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

    created sense