高抬贵手
gāo​tái​guì​shǒu

to show leniency

  • created sense approved 高抬贵手/高抬貴手 · gāo​tái​guì​shǒu · to show leniency — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    高抬贵手 / 高抬貴手

    gāo​tái​guì​shǒu

    to show leniency

    to be generous or magnanimous; a polite formula used to ask someone for forgiveness, mercy, or to let something slide

    高抬 (literal) → 高抬 · gāo​tái · to lift high 贵 (literal) → 贵/貴 · guì · [honorific] 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand

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

    created sense