不为已甚 in English bu4 wei2 yi3 shen4 Meaning

Meanings

  • refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment
  • not be too hard on subject

Simplified Characters

不 为 已 甚

Traditional Characters

不 為 已 甚

Pinyin

bu4 wei2 yi3 shen4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 为wei4as (in the capacity of) 已yi3already 甚shen4variant of 什[shen2]