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宽恕

kuānshù

to forgive; forgiveness

A person offers a hand to a friend holding a broken vase
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Characters in this word

宽 kuān

Strokes
10
Radical
宀 — roof
Made of
宀 roof 苋 amaranth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

恕 shù

Strokes
10
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
如 as, as if, like, such as, supposing 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 恕

Example phrases

  • 家属最终选择宽恕肇事者,但他们仍坚持要求公开调查真相。 Jiāshǔ zuìzhōng xuǎnzé kuānshù zhàoshìzhě, dàn tāmen réng jiānchí yāoqiú gōngkāi diàochá zhēnxiàng. The family eventually chose to forgive the perpetrator, but they still insisted on a public investigation into the truth.
  • 请宽恕我,我不是故意的。 Qǐng kuānshù wǒ, wǒ bú shì gùyì de. Please forgive me, I didn't do it on purpose.
  • 她终于宽恕了多年前伤害过她的朋友。 Tā zhōngyú kuānshù le duō nián qián shānghài guo tā de péngyou. She finally forgave the friend who had hurt her many years ago.

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