手下留情
Traditional form:
手下留情
Pinyin (reading):
shǒuxiàliúqíng
Definitions:
- 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.
Characters:
- 手 - hand
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 留 - to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message;
- 情 - emotion, feeling, sentiment
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