连坐 lián zuò

collective punishment; punish all for one

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)

Characters

Character Meaning
连 lián HSK 4
(used with 也yě, 都dōu etc) even; continuously
坐 zuò HSK 1
to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to take a seat