姑息 (gū xī) — to be over-indulgent or lenient toward (someone's faults/mistakes), to tolerate without proper correction
Definition
A negative, written term: 'to indulge, to be lenient toward (a fault/crime)' — almost always in the negative (不能姑息) to condemn the leniency itself. Means tolerating wrong out of softness, not neutral forgiveness.
verb
to be over-indulgent or lenient toward (someone's faults/mistakes)to tolerate without proper correction
Examples
- 姑息，。Duì hái zi de cuò wù bù néng gū xī, fǒu zé huì hài le tā.You cannot be lenient toward a child's mistakes, or it will harm him.
- 姑息，。Lǐng dǎo rú guǒ gū xī xià shǔ de wéi guī xíng wéi, tuán duì jì lǜ jiù huì huàn sàn.If leaders tolerate their subordinates' violations, team discipline will become lax.
- 姑息。Lì shǐ shàng hěn duō zhèng quán yīn wèi gū xī fǔ bài ér zuì zhōng bēng kuì.Many regimes in history ultimately collapsed because they were over-lenient toward corruption.
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