idiom > From Yan for the vertical
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Yan is from vertical
  Explanation: Yan: Lying. Vertical: stand, stand. So lay people stand up. Analogy to reduce the sentence given grace.
No. 2
  Still made back to life. Yan, lying; vertical, erected.
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No. 3
  【名称】:起偃为竖
  【拼音】:qǐ yǎn wéi shù
  【解释】:偃:卧躺。竖:立,站着。使躺着的人站起来。比喻给予减轻刑罚的恩惠。
  【出处】:《三国志·魏志·钟繇传》:“繇欲轻减大辟之条,以增益刖刑之数,此即起偃为竖,化尸为人矣。”