Read Edit View history 姑息养奸 gūxīyǎngjiān to tolerate evil is to nurture it Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 姑息养奸/ 姑息養奸 gūxīyǎngjiān (also gūxíyǎngjiān) to tolerate evil is to nurture it (idiom) excessive indulgence or appeasement will only encourage bad people or bad things; to spare the rod and spoil the child Edit Delete References Add reference antonym 严惩不贷/嚴懲不貸 → 姑息养奸/姑息養奸 Edit Delete synonym 养痈贻患/養癰貽患 → 姑息养奸/姑息養奸 Edit Delete
姑息养奸/ 姑息養奸 gūxīyǎngjiān (also gūxíyǎngjiān) to tolerate evil is to nurture it (idiom) excessive indulgence or appeasement will only encourage bad people or bad things; to spare the rod and spoil the child Edit Delete