created sense approved 赎命/贖命 · shúmìng · to ransom a life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
赎命 / 贖命
shúmìng
to ransom a life
To pay money or goods to save a life or be spared from the death penalty.
赎, 命
赎 (literal) → 赎/贖 · shú · to redeem 命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · life
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition