放下屠刀，立地成佛

lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

surname Tu

to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre

butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately

to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment

Buddha / Buddhism / abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2]

seemingly

(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛[fu2]

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])