情有可原

qíng yǒu kě yuán

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1. pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)

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Child Words of 情有可原

• 原 原 yuán: former
• 可 可 kě: can
• 情 情 qíng: feeling
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is