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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
HSK 6
crime / evil / sin
HSK 6
to commit a crime / crime; offense
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辠* | 辠* | *辠
variant of , crime
HSK 6
to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪
HSK 7-9
criminal
HSK 7-9
original sin
to convict (sb of a crime)
to offend sb / to make a faux pas / a faux pas / see also 得罪
crime / offense
to blame
sinner
charge; accusation / stigma; bad name; stained reputation
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
innocent / guileless / not guilty (of crime)
to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
to admit guilt; to plead guilty
feeling of guilt
scene of the crime
guilt
punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
to convict (sb of a crime)
to blame sb
to apologize
sin / offense
serious crime / felony
to send punitive forces against / (fig.) to criticize violently
guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible
to be deemed guilty; to be convicted
to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
a criminal case
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
to commit suicide to escape punishment
(coll.) to go through sheer hell
violent crime
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
the crime of treason
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
scapegoat
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
the crime of armed rebellion
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
sin / offense
scapegoat / sacrificial lamb / same as 替罪羊
charges or facts about a crime / the nature of the offense
to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish
to criminalize (an activity)
to offend sb / to give offense / to displease
to pardon
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
sin / crime / wrongdoing
to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness
to redeem oneself / to atone
to punish sb (for a crime)
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) / conscious sin
to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault
to apologize / apology
to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
scapegoat
please forgive me
to endure hardship / to suffer
criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem
heinous crime
sb condemned by history (idiom)
bitter sufferings; great hardships
to punish
to forgive (an offender)
disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
to be punished for a crime
One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
to admit to a crime / to plead guilty
variant of 服罪
to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime
achievements and crimes
criminal charge / accusation
to repent; to be contrite
to atone for a crime
guilty
criminal / perpetrator
presumption of innocence (law)
crime and punishment / penalty for a crime
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
criminal activity
crime syndicate
criminal record
sinful nature
crimes against humanity
criminology
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors

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