for his past misdeeds

for his past misdeeds

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Zhu ī J ì w ǎ ng, which means no longer to pursue past mistakes or crimes. It comes from the manuscript of instructing merchants from all over the world to hand in tobacco and earth.

Idiom explanation

We will not be held accountable for past mistakes or crimes.

Source of words

Lin Zexu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his book instructing merchants from all over the world to submit manuscripts of tobacco and soil: "it is said that this barbarian had a letter every day. If it is as my minister told him, all those who have come will submit it, and those who will never come in the future can repent and fear punishment, but can not pursue the past."

Discrimination of words

Synonym: let bygones be bygones

Word usage

I don't care about the past