Chinese symbol for “relent”
留情
liú qíng
to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for relent is 留情 (liú qíng), defined as: to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “relent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手软 (手軟) | shǒu ruǎn | to be lenient; to relent |
| 松口 (鬆口) | sōng kǒu | to let go of sth held in one's mouth; (fig.) to relent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 留情.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 留下 | liú xià | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep; to retain |
| 留言 | liú yán | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message |
| 留学 (留學) | liú xué | to study abroad |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 情况 (情況) | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “relent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.