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罪過

简罪过 · 繁罪過

Mandarin · pinyin zuì guo

sin
offense

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罪: zuì · crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship
過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across

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4–5 · zui4 guo5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeoi6 gwo3

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noun

sin; offence; fault

intj

(polite) sorry; excuse me; thank you; this is more than I deserve; sorry for troubling you

verb

(archaic) to criticize; to blame; to rebuke
(Mainland China Hokkien) to sin; to commit an offence
(Ningbonese) to pity; to empathize with

adj

(Huizhou, Northern Wu) pitiful; pitiable; poor
(Northern Wu, morally or common sense-wise) wrong; unsound; undeserving; not righteous; constituting a faux pas
(Taiwanese Hokkien) painful; aching; excruciating
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) difficult to bear; having a hard time

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