將功折過
jiāng​gōng​zhé​guò

to atone for one's crimes

  • created sense approved 将功折过/將功折過 · jiāng​gōng​zhé​guò · to atone for one's crimes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    将功折过 / 將功折過

    jiāng​gōng​zhé​guò

    to atone for one's crimes

    to make up for past mistakes with new achievements; to compensate for a fault with a contribution or merit

    将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiāng · to take 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · merit 折 (literal) → 折 · zhé · to convert 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · error

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense