手下留情
shǒu xià liú qíng
Pinyin
Definition
手下留情
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- lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
- Do not judge me too harshly.
- Look favorably on my humble efforts.
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 down
- 2 downwards
- 3 below
- 4 lower
- 5 later
- 6 next (week etc)
- 7 second (of two parts)
- 8 to decline
- 9 to go down
- 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 1 to come down
- 2 (completed action marker)
- 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
- 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
- 5 to be harvested (of crops)
- 6 to be over (of a period of time)
- 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 1 to go down
- 2 to descend
- 3 to go on
- 4 to continue
- 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
一掬同情之泪
- 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
- 1 love at first sight (idiom)
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
三下两下
- 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)