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赎罪
贖罪
shúzuì
1. to atone for one's crime
2. to buy freedom from punishment
3. redemption
4. atonement

Character Breakdown

赎
shú
ransom; to buy; to redeem
12 丶
罪
zuì
sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (4)

赎罪日
Shúzuìrì
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
将功赎罪
jiānggōngshúzuì
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
苦行赎罪
kǔxíngshúzuì
penance (to atone for a sin)
赎罪日战争
Shúzuìrìzhànzhēng
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors

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