"live and let live" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-live and let live.ogg Forms: lives and lets live [present, singular, third-person], living and letting live [participle, present], lived and let live [participle, past], lived and let live [past]
Etymology: First mentioned in 1622 by Gerard de Malynes in a book about trade law, who mentioned "the Dutch proverbe leuen ende laeten leuven, to live and let others live". Head templates: {{en-verb|live<> and let<,,let> live}} live and let live (third-person singular simple present lives and lets live, present participle living and letting live, simple past and past participle lived and let live)
  1. (idiomatic) To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: live-and-let-live [adjective] Translations (be tolerant): 己立立人,己達達人 (Chinese Mandarin), 己立立人 (Chinese Mandarin), 己达达人 (jǐlìlìrén, jǐdádárén) (Chinese Mandarin), žít a nechat žít (Czech), leef en laat leven (Dutch), elää ja antaa toistenkin elää (Finnish), vivre et laisser vivre (French), leben und leben lassen (German), חֲיֵה וְתֵן לִחְיוֹת (chayé vetén lichyót) (Hebrew), élni és élni hagyni (Hungarian), vivi e lascia vivere (Italian), عيش وخلي الناس تعيش (Libyan Arabic), lev og la leve (Norwegian), viver e deixar viver (Portuguese), trăiește și lasă să trăiască (Romanian), живи́ и дай жить други́м (živí i daj žitʹ drugím) [imperative] (Russian), сам живи́ и други́м жить не меша́й (sam živí i drugím žitʹ ne mešáj) [imperative] (Russian), žiť a nechať žiť (Slovak), vivir y dejar vivir (Spanish), lev och låt leva (Swedish), yaşa ve yaşat (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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