姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
Pinyin

Definition

姑息养奸
 - 
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
强奸
qiáng jiān
  1. 1 to rape
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
利息
lì xī
  1. 1 interest (on a loan)
  2. 2 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
姑
gū
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 husband's sister
  3. 3 husband's mother (old)
  4. 4 nun
  5. 5 for the time being (literary)
姑姑
gū gu
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
姑妈
gū mā
  1. 1 (coll.) father's married sister
  2. 2 paternal aunt
奸雄
jiān xióng
  1. 1 person who seeks advancement by any means
  2. 2 career climber
  3. 3 unscrupulous careerist
安息
ān xī
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to go to sleep
  3. 3 to rest in peace
  4. 4 (history) Parthia
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
气息
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
窒息
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
锄奸
chú jiān
  1. 1 to weed out the traitors

Idioms (20)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
大奸似忠
dà jiān sì zhōng
  1. 1 the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
  1. 1 dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗
wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào
  1. 1 one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
无奸不商
wú jiān bù shāng
  1. 1 all businessmen are evil (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
狼狈为奸
láng bèi wéi jiān
  1. 1 villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change

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