死缓

Traditional form:

死緩

Pinyin (reading):

sǐhuǎn

Definitions:

• deferred death sentence
• commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)

Characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 缓 - slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay

Traditional characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 緩 - slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay