1. make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; (lit.) the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)