抚恤 (fǔ xù) — to provide consolation payments to (the family of someone killed or injured in service or disaster)

Definition

抚恤 (fǔxù) is a formal verb: the institution pays money to the family of someone killed or injured in the line of duty or in a disaster — a duty-based compensation, not charity.

verb
to provide consolation payments to (the family of someone killed or injured in service or disaster)

Examples

  • 抚恤
    Zhèng fǔ měi nián dōu huì fǔ xù liè shì de jiā shǔ.
    The government provides consolation payments to the families of martyrs every year.
  • 抚恤
    Gōng sī yīng dāng fǔ xù yīn gōng xùn zhí yuán gōng de qīn shǔ.
    The company should compensate the relatives of employees who died in the line of duty.
  • 抚恤
    Zhè cì shì gù de yù nàn zhě jiā shǔ dé dào le fǔ xù.
    The families of the victims in this accident received consolation payments.

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