重罪 zhòngzuì

zhòngzuì noun a serious crime
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: Collocation: from Chapter 1 in Scroll 1 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (retranslated from Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 67; CC-CEDICT '重罪'; Guoyu '重罪')

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  • 五重罪 pañca-ānantarya-karma; Five Cardinal Sins; the five heinous crimes
  • 四重罪 four grave prohibitions

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