姑息

Chinese

paternal aunt
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (姑息)
simp. #(姑息)

Pronunciation


Verb

姑息

  1. to be excessively tolerant of; to be overly lenient toward; to indulge; to appease

Adjective

姑息

  1. (medicine) palliative

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjective

()(そく) • (kosoku) -na (adnominal ()(そく) (kosoku na), adverbial ()(そく) (kosoku ni))

  1. makeshift, stopgap
  2. (proscribed) cowardly

Inflection

Noun

()(そく) • (kosoku) 

  1. being makeshift
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