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负罪 (fù zuì) — to be guilty; to bear the blame; to be culpable

Definition

Formal verb meaning 'to bear the guilt or blame' for a wrongdoing. Combines 负 ('carry, bear') + 罪 ('crime, sin') — the literary register sets it apart from casual expressions like 怪自己.

verb
to be guiltyto bear the blameto be culpable

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā yīn wèi fàn xià de cuò wù, yì zhí mǎn huái fù zuì gǎn.
    He has been filled with a sense of guilt because of the mistake he made.
  • 负罪，。
    Fàn rén fù zuì qián táo, jǐng fāng zhèng zài quán lì zhuī bǔ.
    The criminal absconded with a guilty conscience, and the police are pursuing him with full effort.
  • ，负罪。
    Zài zhè ge àn jiàn zhōng, tā xiǎn rán yīng gāi fù zuì.
    In this case, he should obviously bear the blame.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

负fùcarry
罪zuìguilt

负 means carry and 罪 means guilt, so together they express carrying guilt or blame.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

Open 负 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

罪 puts 罒 (a net, written fully as 网) over 非 (mistake).

Open 罪 →
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