苦行贖罪

penance (to atone for a sin)

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

ascetic practice

row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

to redeem / to ransom

to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement

guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin

variant of 罪[zui4], crime