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死有餘辜
  sei2 yau5 jyu4 gu1   jyutping
  si3 you3 yu2 gu1   pinyin
you are still guilty after death; even death cannot redeem a person’s crimes

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
死有餘辜 / 死有余辜

This word has been viewed 2344 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 7th Feb 2010 00:09 and last edited on 10th Dec 2018 17:08
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Characters in this word:

 sei2  -  die; death; dead
 jau5 jau6  -  have; there is
 jyu4  -  remaining; remainder; spare; more than
 gu1  -  crime; let down
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