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罪有应得

zuì yǒu yīng dé

4-character word Traditional 罪有應得

What 罪有应得 means

1. guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement
2. the punishment fits the crime

The characters in 罪有应得

• 罪zuìguilt; crime; fault
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

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