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crime / evil / sin
HSK 6
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  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
HSK 6
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  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
variant of , crime
HSK 6
to commit a crime / crime; offense
HSK 6
criminal
HSK 7-9
to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪
HSK 7-9
to criminalize (an activity)
charge; accusation / stigma; bad name; stained reputation
to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
original sin
sin / crime / wrongdoing
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
charges or facts about a crime / the nature of the offense
to convict (sb of a crime)
to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish
crime and punishment / penalty for a crime
to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance
to blame
crime / offense
to apologize
scapegoat
to offend sb / to make a faux pas / a faux pas / see also 得罪
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
to endure hardship / to suffer
guilt
to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible
sinner
a criminal case
achievements and crimes
to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime
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.
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.
serious crime / felony
please forgive me
to be deemed guilty; to be convicted
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
to convict (sb of a crime)
to offend sb / to give offense / to displease
bitter sufferings; great hardships
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
to punish sb (for a crime)
to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
to be punished for a crime
to redeem oneself / to atone
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
sb condemned by history (idiom)
to apologize / apology
criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem
to admit to a crime / to plead guilty
to forgive (an offender)
to atone for a crime
criminal / perpetrator
guilty
sinful nature
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
scene of the crime
innocent / guileless / not guilty (of crime)
to pardon
war crime
scapegoat
rape
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
criminal record
having an extensive criminal record
presumption of innocence (law)
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
the crime of treason
robbery
criminology
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
to take the rap for sb
crime syndicate
disorderly behavior (PRC law)
murder
crimes against humanity
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) / conscious sin
crime committed by an organization
impunity
culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
vaguely defined offense that can be broadly interpreted and potentially abused by law enforcement
to act as a scapegoat; to take the blame for sb else
blackmail
criminal charge / accusation
extortion
scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
(coll.) to go through sheer hell
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
hate crime
hate crime
crime against public order
criminal offense
a crime against humanity
the crime of armed rebellion

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