連坐
lián​zuò

guilt by association

  • created reference approved 连坐/連坐 → 旁坐 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    连坐 / 連坐 lián​zuò

    旁坐 páng​zuò

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 连坐/連坐 · lián​zuò · guilt by association — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    连 (literal) → 连/連 · lián · to link 坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to be punished

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

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