放他一馬
fàng​tā​yī​mǎ

give him a break

  • created sense approved 放他一马/放他一馬 · fàng​tā​yī​mǎ · give him a break — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放他一马 / 放他一馬

    fàng​tā​yī​mǎ

    give him a break

    to let him off the hook; to show someone mercy instead of punishing them

    放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to release 他 (literal) → 他 · tā · filler word 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

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

    created sense