姑息养奸
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
verbidiom
Traditional: 姑息養奸
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- (verb, idiom) to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
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Related Words
三天不打，上房揭瓦(sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ)— three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
→不打不成器(bù dǎ bù chéng qì)— spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
→不打不成才(bù dǎ bù chéng cái)— spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
→娇纵(jiāo zòng)— to indulge (a child)
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