无罪 (wú zuì) — innocent, not guilty
Definition
Legal/legal-press term meaning 'innocent / not guilty', used in verdicts and official rulings (e.g. 无罪判决). As a predicate it follows 判定/判决/宣布; in attributive use it takes 的 (无罪的).
verb
innocentnot guilty
Examples
- ，无罪。Jǐng fāng yīn zhèng jù bù zú shì fàng le tā, rèn dìng tā wú zuì.The police released him due to insufficient evidence, concluding that he was innocent.
- 无罪。wú zuì Pàn jué ràng tā de jiā rén sōng le yì kǒu qì.The not-guilty verdict made his family feel relieved.
- 无罪。Tā yì zhí jiān chí shuō zì jǐ shì wú zuì de.He has always insisted that he is innocent.
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