從輕 [从轻]

Jyutping cung4 hing1
Pinyin cóng qīng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be lenient (in sentencing)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be lenient (in sentencing)
    • 從輕發落
      从轻发落
      cóng qīng fā luò
      to handle leniently
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    而家坦白同我讲，我就从轻发落，如果俾我揾到系边个做嘅就一定严惩。
    而家坦白同我講，我就從輕發落，如果俾我揾到係邊個做嘅就一定嚴懲。
    ji4 gaa1 taan2 baak6 tung4 ngo5 gong2, ngo5 zau6 cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6, jyu4 gwo2 bei2 ngo5 wan2 dou2 hai6 bin1 go3 zou6 ge3 zau6 jat1 ding6 jim4 cing4.
    • If you come clean about what had happened, I will show discretion, but if I find out the perpetrator myself, there will be harsh punishment.
  2. Cantonese
    恳求法庭从轻发落。
    懇求法庭從輕發落。
    han2 kau4 faat3 ting4 cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6.
    • May I implore the court for leniency?
  3. Cantonese
    从轻发落
    從輕發落
    cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6
    • to punish lightly
  4. Cantonese
    辩方表示，被告扣押至今已16个月，希望法庭念在案中事主只受轻伤，从轻发落。
    辯方表示，被告扣押至今已16個月，希望法庭念在案中事主只受輕傷，從輕發落。
    • Lawyer for the defence submits that the defendant has already been incarcerated for 16 months, and hopes that the court would consider the fact that the victim only suffered minor injuries and hand down a lighter sentence.
  5. Cantonese
    恳请法官从轻发落。
    懇請法官從輕發落。
    han2 cing2 faat3 gun1 cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6.
    • Your Honour, I plead for a lenient sentence.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    从轻发落
    從輕發落
    cóng qīng fā luò
    • to handle leniently
  2. Mandarin
    谁个劣，谁个不劣，谁个最甚，谁个稍次，谁个惩办要严，谁个处罚从轻，农民都有极明白的计算，罚不当罪的极少。
    誰個劣，誰個不劣，誰個最甚，誰個稍次，誰個懲辦要嚴，誰個處罰從輕，農民都有極明白的計算，罰不當罪的極少。
    shéi ge liè ， shéi ge bù liè ， shéi ge zuì shèn ， shéi ge shāo cì ， shéi ge chéng bàn yào yán ， shéi ge chǔ fá cóng qīng ， nóng mín dōu yǒu jí míng bái de jì suàn ， fá bù dāng zuì de jí shǎo ．
    • Who is bad and who is not, who is the worst and who is not quite so vicious, who deserves severe punishment and who deserves to be let off lightly – the peasants keep clear accounts, and very seldom has the punishment exceeded the crime.