饶

• 拼音: ráo
• 汉字拆解: 饶 = 食 + 尧 (food abundance + sage ruler — generous mercy beyond what is owed)

含义

To spare; to let someone off; to have mercy on someone and forgo punishment. Used in pleading or clemency contexts.

饶命 (spare my life) and 饶了我吧 (please let me off) are common pleading expressions. 不饶人 (unforgiving; merciless) describes a harsh person or unrelenting situation. More literary and emotive than 原谅, often implying a power imbalance between the one pleading and the one deciding.

例句

1. 他苦苦哀求对方饶他一命，但对方无动于衷，令旁观者唏嘘不已。
2. 即便如此，上司仍不饶人，坚持要追究相关人员的全部责任。
3. 她虽性格宽厚，却绝不会轻易饶了那些蓄意伤害她的人。

用法指南

语境: conflict, power dynamics, forgiveness, literary

语气: emotive

正确说法

• 他跪地求饶，但法官表示此案情节恶劣，法律面前不能对任何人网开一面。(He knelt and begged for mercy, but the judge stated that the circumstances of this case were serious and that the law could not make exceptions for anyone.)
• 老人说，人这一辈子要学会饶人，因为宽容别人其实也是在解放自己。(The elderly man said that in this life one must learn to spare others, because forgiving people is in fact a way of liberating oneself.)

错误说法

• 我饶了这道菜没吃 — use 我没吃这道菜 or 我跳过了这道菜; 饶 in the sense of sparing applies to people, not to food or objects

起源与历史

饶 = 食 (food/nourishment) + 尧 (legendary sage emperor Yao, known for benevolence) — originally: abundant generosity; extended: merciful leniency

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal