INNOCENT    無辜不辜

LACK GUILT.
GUILTLESSBLAMELESSIN THE CLEARUNIMPEACHABLEIRREPROACHABLEABOVE SUSPICIONFAULTLESSHONORABLEHONESTUPRIGHTLAW-ABIDINGINFORMAL SQUEAKY CLEANHARMLESSBENIGNINNOCUOUSSAFEINOFFENSIVE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard idiomatic phrase for innocence is bù gū 不辜. 2. Wú zuì 無罪 is a very common periphrastic phrase for general innocence.
Modern Chinese Criteria
無辜 無罪 清白無辜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • GUILTRESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S AVOIDABLE PAST BAD ACT. 
  • GUILTYBe the CAUSE of something BAD that one would have been ABLE to AVOID.
Hypernym
  • GOOD　EXCELLENT in VIRTUE OR in IMPORTANT SKILL. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • EXCELLENT　FEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS (anc: 4/0, child: 11)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 21.36

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    INNOCENTIA

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no.65

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 146B

    • Words (5 items)

    無罪  wú zuì OC: ma sbuulʔ MC: mi̯o dzuo̝i 38 Attributions

    Wú zuì 無罪 is a very common periphrastic phrase for general innocence.

      Syntactic words
    • NPab(.post-N)the innocence of the contextually determinate person N
    • VP[adN]the innocent
    • VP[adN]N=actinnocent actionCH
    • VPadNinnocent
    • VPibe innocent; be blameless
    • VPi(be able to) stay unaccusedLZ
    不辜  bù gū OC: pɯʔ kaa MC: pi̯ut kuo̝ 34 Attributions

    The standard idiomatic phrase for innocence is bù gū 不辜.

      Syntactic words
    • NPab{vt{NEG}+V(.adN)}innocence
    • VP[adN.]postVtinnocent person 殺三不辜, 一不辜
    • VPadNmarkedinnocent
    白  bái bó bái MC: baek OC: braaɡ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNprove or show to be innocent; swear to the innocence ofCH
    無辜  wú gū OC: ma kaa MC: mi̯o kuo̝ 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 無罪/INNOCENT Wú zuì 無罪 is a very common periphrastic phrase for general innocence.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureinnocence
    • VP[adN]pluralthe innocent
    无罪  wú zuì MC: mju -- OC: ma sbuulʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPicount as innocent; get away scot freeCH