姑息养奸 — Chinese idiom
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
Traditional: 姑息養奸
Meaning
- to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer ; spare the rod and spoil the child
Character by character
- 姑gūfather's sister; husband's mother
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 奸jiāncrafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adul
Idioms sharing a character
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
- 姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn
- 妇姑勃溪 fù gū bó xī
- 欲取姑与 yù qǔ gū yǔ
- 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
- 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
- 息事宁人 xī shì níng rén
- 息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān
- 气息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn
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