将功补过 ( jiāng gōng bǔ guò )

词语解释

  1. 将功补过 (jiānggōng-bǔguò)
    1. 加倍用功出力以弥补以往的罪过 make amends for one’s faults by good deeds;redeem sin by meritorous service;atone for a crime by good service;expiate one's crime by good service

國語辭典

將功補過 (jiāng gōng bǔ guò)
  1. 用功勞來補償過失。

    • 舊五代史.卷一三三.周書.世襲傳二.錢鏐傳:「既容能改之非,許降自新之路,將功補過,舍短從長。」