放下屠刀，立地成佛

Traditional form:

放下屠刀，立地成佛

Pinyin (reading):

fàngxiàtúdāo,lìdìchéngfó

Definitions:

• lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
• to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

Characters:

• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 屠 - to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist

Traditional characters:

• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 屠 - to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist