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手下留情
shǒu xià liú qíng
What 手下留情 means
- 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.
The characters in 手下留情
- 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 下xiàdown; downwards; below
- 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
- 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
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