not censure sb for his past misdeeds overlook sb's past mistakes let bygones be bygones 面谀 Trad. 面諛 miàn yú to praise sb to his face 宰予昼寝 Trad. 宰予晝寢 Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly...
) Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. Obnoxious (a.) Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. Obnubilate (v. t.) To cloud; to obscure. Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern ...