女犯 (nǚ fàn) — female offender (in imperial China, historical term)
Definition
Historical term for a female offender in imperial China. Modern Chinese uses 女犯人 or 女囚犯; 女犯 itself is rare and confined to historical/imperial-period writing.
noun
female offender (in imperial China, historical term)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- ，女犯。Zài gǔ dài, nǚ fàn tōng cháng bèi guān zài zhuān mén de nǚ jiān lǐ.In ancient times, female offenders were usually kept in special women's prisons.
- 女犯。Zhè wèi nǚ fàn zài yù zhōng xiě xià le zì jǐ de chàn huǐ.This female offender wrote her confession in prison.
- 女犯。Lì shǐ shàng duì nǚ fàn de chǔ fá wǎng wǎng bǐ nán xìng fàn rén qīng yì xiē.Historically, punishments for female offenders were often lighter than for male offenders.
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