死刑缓期执行

死刑緩期執行
sǐxínghuǎnqīzhíxíng
  1. deferred death sentence
  2. abbr. to 死缓 sǐhuǎn

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 死刑 sǐxíng death penalty; capital punishment
2 缓期 huǎnqī
  1. to defer
  2. to put off (until later)
  3. to postpone
3 执行 zhíxíng
  1. to implement
  2. to carry out
  3. to execute
  4. to run

Related entries

死缓 sǐhuǎn
  1. deferred death sentence
  2. commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)