「從輕發落」
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| Pronunciation： | cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
從 from; to follow; to comply with; to engage in 輕 light; (of weight) light; lightweight; gentle; soft 發 send out; get rich; to occur; to start; to rise; to produce; to send out; to distribute; to allocate; to spread out; to express; to develop; to become; to flourish; to feel; to expose; to discover; to invent; to whisk; to whip someone; to prosper; to be rich; to worsen; to grow a plant 落 to fall; to drop; to go down; to put in; to add; to get an abortion; to abort |
| Part of Speech： | verb |
| Explanation： |
to punish less severely; to give a light punishment
(Cant.) 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。
(Eng.) 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.
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