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放下屠刀，立地成佛
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Definitions
- 1. lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
- 2. to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Child Words of 放下屠刀，立地成佛
to lay down
to become a Buddha
to stand
down
seemingly
to slaughter (animals for food)
butcher's knife
to succeed
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
to put
-ly
earth
knife