zhāo'ān

to offer amnesty

招安 zhāo//ān
to offer amnesty
to enlist enemy or rebel forces by offering amnesty and pacification, especially in a historical context; to offer terms of surrender to rebels
to win over
to win someone over or buy them off with favors or bribes; used figuratively in early vernacular literature

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0.842 per million

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