罪 zuì

1. zuì noun crime; offense; sin; vice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 犯罪 'commit a crime' (Guoyu '罪' v 1; Kroll 2015 '罪' 1, p. 635; Unihan '罪'; XHZD '罪' 1)
2. zuì noun fault; error
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 过失 (Guoyu '罪' n 1)
3. zuì noun hardship; suffering
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 受罪 (Guoyu '罪' n 3; Unihan '罪'; XHZD '罪' 3)
4. zuì verb to blame; to accuse
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 責備 (Guoyu '罪' v; Kroll 2015 '罪' 2, p. 635; XHZD '罪' 4)
5. zuì noun punishment
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Morality
   Notes: In the sense of 刑罚 (Guoyu '罪' n 4; Kroll 2015 '罪' 3, p. 635; XHZD '罪' 2)

Contained in

• 罪大恶极(罪大惡極) guilty of terrible crimes ; reprehensible
• 罪有应得(罪有應得) guilty and deserves to be punished; entirely appropriate chastisement
• 腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of corruption
• 犯罪团伙(犯罪團伙) a criminal gang
• 无罪抗辩(無罪抗辯) plea of not guilty
• 罪愆 sin; offense
• 罪犯 a criminal
• 犯罪学(犯罪學) criminology
• 言者无罪，闻者足戒(言者無罪，聞者足戒) don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning
• 犯罪者 criminal; perpetrator
• 以功赎罪(以功贖罪) to atone for a crime through good behavior
• 治罪 to punish for a crime
• 罪性 sinful nature
• 灭种罪(滅種罪) genocide
• 悔罪 conviction
• 罪行累累 having an extensive criminal record
• 出罪 to exempt from punishment
• 罪名 a criminal charge
• 替罪羔羊 scapegoat; sacrificial lamb; same as 替罪羊
• 轻罪(輕罪) petty crime; misdemeanor
• 低头认罪(低頭認罪) to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt; to admit one's guilt
• 谢罪(謝罪) to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault
• 办罪(辦罪) to punish
• 罚不当罪(罰不當罪) disproportionate punishment; the punishment is harsher than the crime
• 重罪 a serious crime
• 请罪(請罪) to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness
• 二茬罪 to suffer second persecution
• 负荆请罪(負荊請罪) to bring a bramble and ask for punishment; to offer sb a humble apology
• 阴谋颠覆政府罪(陰謀顛覆政府罪) the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
• 犯罪现场(犯罪現場) scene of the crime
• 祸首罪魁(禍首罪魁) main offender, criminal ringleader; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 活罪 suffering; hardship; living hell
• 不知者不罪 One who does not know is not guilty
• 顶罪(頂罪) to take the blame for; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
• 认罪(認罪) to admit guilt; to plead guilty
• 坐罪 to be tried for a crime
• 恕罪 please forgive me
• 抵罪 to be punished for a crime
• 替罪羊 scapegoat
• 公共安全罪 crime against public order
• 犯罪 to commit a crime or offense
• 遭罪 to endure; to suffer hardships; hard time; nuisance
• 问罪之师(問罪之師) punitive force; a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
• 将功折罪(將功折罪) labor diligently to atone for a crime ; make amends for sins through merit
• 活受罪 to suffer hardship
• 聚众淫乱罪(聚眾淫亂罪) group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)
• 不服罪 to deny a crime; to plead not guilty
• 代罪羔羊 scapegoat
• 开脱罪责(開脫罪責) to absolve somebody from guilt; to exonerate; to exculpate

Also contained in

欲加之罪，何患无辞 、 灭罪

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• 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 82
• 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 79
• 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 67
• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 66
• 卷一百〇五　志第五十三:　刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 62
• 卷二百〇一 志第一百五十四 刑法三 Volume 201 Treatises 154: Punishment and Law 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 62
• 卷一百〇二　志第五十:　刑法一 Volume 102 Treatises 55: Punishment and Law 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 56
• 卷一百八十 列傳第六十八 張寧 王徽 毛弘 丘弘 李森 魏元 强珍 王瑞 李俊 汪奎 湯鼐 姜綰 姜洪 曹璘 彭程 龐泮 呂獻 葉紳 胡獻 張弘至 屈伸 王獻臣 Volume 180 Biographies 68: Zhang Ning, Wang Hui, Mao Hong, Qiu Hong, Li Sen, Wei Yuan, Qiang Zhen, Wang Rui, Li Jun, Wang Kui, Tang Nai, Jiang Wan, Jiang Hong, Cao Lin, Peng Cheng, Pang Pan, Lu Xian, Ye Shen, Hu Xian, Zhang Hongzhi, Qu Shen, Wang Xianchen History of Ming 明史 — count: 50
• 卷九十四 志第七十 刑法二 Volume 94 Treatises 70: Punishment and Law 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 45

Collocations

• 罪大 (罪大) 且罪大 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 9
• 罪累 (罪累) 罪累上也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 罪在 (罪在) 罪在王也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 知罪 (知罪) 我知罪矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 罪戾 (罪戾) 赦其不閑於教訓而免於罪戾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 罪一 (罪一) 臣之罪一也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 罪罪 (罪罪) 而不以弒君之罪罪之者 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 三罪 (三罪) 三罪而民服 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 二罪 (二罪) 二罪也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 罪二 (罪二) 臣之罪二也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3