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Jyutpingdak6 se3
Yaledahk se
Definition
To grant a special amnesty or pardon.
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How it's used
This term is strictly reserved for formal legal or political contexts involving the exercise of executive power. It implies a top down decision to waive punishment rather than a judicial review or appeal process. You will almost exclusively encounter this in news reports or political discourse.
Examples
Will the government grant amnesty to this group of prisoners?
They are fighting for the government to grant amnesty to all political prisoners.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general forgiveness or pardon in a personal sense, such as forgiving a friend for a mistake, which would be 原諒.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
