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Does "For one day spent, Cao Cao's cruelty to abet:" mean...?

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Reply Sat 7 Dec, 2013 04:01 am
Does " For one day spent, Cao Cao's cruelty to abet" mean "because any day that Hua Xin spent was to help/provoke Cao Cao's cruelty"?

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Hua Xin furthered Cao Cao's foulest scheme:
Breaking down the wall, he seized the queen.
For one day spent, Cao Cao's cruelty to abet:
A name forever cursed, "Dragon Pate."
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Reply Sat 7 Dec, 2013 05:07 am
I don't know about any day. This is poetic hyperbole. It i saying that Hua Xin is cursed for a single day of abetting (helping) Cao Cao's cruelty. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, i take it.
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