十惡不赦

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Chinese

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Ten Abominations not; no to pardon (a convict)
trad. (十惡不赦) 十惡
simp. (十恶不赦) 十恶

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Idiom

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十惡不赦

  1. (historical) ten kinds of crimes that could not be pardoned
  2. to be evil to the extreme and beyond redemption; so evil that one cannot be forgiven or pardoned