替罪
tì​zuì

to take the rap

  • created sense approved 替罪 · tì​zuì · to take the rap — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    替罪

    tì​zuì

    to take the rap

    to take the blame or punishment for someone else's mistake or crime

    替, 罪

    替 (literal) → 替 · tì · to replace 罪 (literal) → 罪 · zuì · crime

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

    created sense