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The character 赦 (shè), which primarily means to pardon or forgive a crime, is formed from 赤 (chì, "red" or "bare") and 攵 (pū, a variant of 攴 depicting a hand holding a stick or the act of striking). The combination originally suggested a person being beaten bare or released from corporal punishment; this concrete image later shifted to denote the official pardoning of a criminal or remission of a sentence, and eventually broadened to cover amnesty and the absolution of guilt in both legal and everyday contexts.
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国王赦免了罪犯。
政府决定赦免政治犯。
新年时总统宣布大赦。
他不符合赦免的条件。
法官考虑到他的悔改，建议赦免。
在特殊情况下，法律允许赦免某些罪行。
国际社会呼吁赦免战争中的俘虏。
经过多年上诉，他终于获得了总统的特赦令。
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