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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 姑息养奸

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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 53,846 88,419 61,540

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- paternal aunt
- husband's sister
- husband's mother (old)
- nun
- for the time being (literary)
- breath
- news
- interest (on an investment or loan)
- to cease
- to stop
- to rest
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]
yǎng- to raise (animals)
- to bring up (children)
- to keep (pets)
- to support
- to give birth
jiān- wicked
- crafty
- traitor
- variant of 姦|奸[jian1]
jiān- to fornicate
- to defile
- adultery
- rape

Other Words Containing 姑息养奸

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
姑息养奸 - - 53,846 88,419 61,540