留活口

lau4 wut6 hau2

to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation · (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live

Meanings

  1. to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation
  2. (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live

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