perform a meritorious service to atone for one 's crimes

perform a meritorious service to atone for one 's crimes

Atonement for meritorious service, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin for L ì g ō ngsh ú Zu ì, refers to meritorious service to compensate for guilt. It comes from the biography of Wang Xiaojie in the old book of Tang Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] make up for one's faults and turn one's merits into a crime

The origin of Idioms

"Wang Xiaojie's biography in the old book of the Tang Dynasty:" before he arrived at Youzhou, Honghui had made contributions to atone for his sins, but he was not punished. " The 40th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: Zhao Shuai said: "when you are dismissed, you will make atonement for your contributions."

Idiom usage

In conjunction with; used as predicate or attribute; used of a person at fault. Examples 1. The book of the beginning of the plan to suppress Duman with the governor of Shu, Zeng quean, written by Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty: "if you can use it, you may as well spare it and make atonement; if you can't use it, you should be another empowerment." (2) Qian Cai's complete biography of Shuoyue in Qing Dynasty: his minor faults can be forgiven until he has made contributions to atone for his sins! (3) Zhao Shuai should say, "when you are dismissed, you should make an envoy." The 40th chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty