將功贖罪

to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

to desire / to invite / to request

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

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