zuì

crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship

HSK 6 #718

DEFINITIONS

罪 zuì
  • guilt
  • crime
  • fault
  • blame
  • sin
  • variant of 罪[zui4], crime

STROKES

WORDS

zhé zuì to atone for a crime
kòng zuì criminal charge; accusation
抢劫 qiāng jié zuì robbery
搶劫 qiāng jié zuì robbery
敲诈 qiāo zhà zuì extortion
敲詐 qiāo zhà zuì extortion
暴力犯 bào lì fàn zuì violent crime
tì zuì to cancel out a crime; to receive punishment as a scapegoat
羔羊 tì zuì gāo yáng scapegoat; sacrificial lamb; same as 替罪羊
yǒu zuì guilty
不罚 yǒu zuì bù fá impunity
不罰 yǒu zuì bù fá impunity
běn zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
欲加之,何患无辞 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí 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.
欲加之,何患無辭 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí 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.
guī zuì to blame sb
死要面子活受 sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
殴打 ōu dǎ zuì assault and battery (law)
毆打 ōu dǎ zuì assault and battery (law)
yáng zuì terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners
活受 huó shòu zuì (coll.) to go through sheer hell
huó zuì suffering; hardship; living hell
流氓 liú máng zuì the crime of hooliganism
淫媒 yín méi zuì (law) procuring; pimping
灭种 miè zhǒng zuì genocide