HSK C7-9/V7-9
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/ shú /
Strokes

Definition

to redeem/to ransom

Example

As a Verb

redeem; ransom

1
bèi
bǎngpiào
绑票
dāi
shú
  

He was kidnapped for ransom.

2
Hái
méiyǒu
没有
chū
qián
shú
  
,
jiù
bèi
jǐngchá
警察
jiù
le
chūlái
出来
  

He was rescued by the police before the ransom was paid.

As a Verb

atone for (a crime)