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连坐
lián​zuò

guilt by association

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
连坐 連坐 lián​zuò
guilt by association
to punish those associated with an offender (such as family, friends, or neighbors); used historically to describe a system of collective responsibility or legal punishment by association

Frequency

Written text
0.571 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 旁坐 páng​zuò

Same as

  • 从坐 cóng​zuò

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)