make amends for one 's crimes by good deeds

make amends for one 's crimes by good deeds

The Chinese idiom is Ji ā ng ō ngsh ú Zu ì, which means to take credit to compensate for negligence. It comes from the Han Dynasty, emperor yuan.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: to make up for one's mistakes and to make contributions to atone for one's sins

Idiom usage

Although Yun Chang has broken the law, he can't bear to break the former League. Look at the right to record a demerit, let the meritorious atonement. The fifty first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In the Han Dynasty, XunYue's "Han Ji, Yuan Di Ji", it is said that "Qi Heng made great contributions to Kuang Zhou first, and then made up for his crimes Yuan Wu Ming Shi's "wisdom across the river" wedge: "now, Quan Rao, you'll make amends, point up people and horses, follow me to catch up."