Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「死有餘責」, explained here.
Today, we explore the idiom 「死有餘責」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
He still deserves to die. It means that the crime is so heinous that even the death penalty cannot atone for his sins.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sǐ yǒu yú zé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sei2 yau5 yu4 jaak3
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