Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- 罪
- Transliteration
- zeoi6
- Rejected alternatives
- 報應, 唔衰得
Sin
罪 also carries criminal-guilt sense and, in folk usage, connects to 報應 (karmic retribution affecting fortune). Distinguish from a face/reputation framing (唔衰得, ‘mustn’t be seen to fail/lose face’, a strong Cantonese social-shame idiom) — sin is a moral offense against a personal God, not primarily a social embarrassment or bad-luck trigger.
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