zòng róng

Traditional: 縱容

HSK 7–9

纵容 (zòng róng) is a Chinese word meaning “to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior”.

Meanings

  1. 1to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 纵容

纵zòng · vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1])容róng · to hold

Related words

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