🇬🇧🇨🇳 sin - 罪 : English Lesson

Meaning of "sin" ("罪"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A sin is something you choose to do that you know is wrong because it breaks an important moral or religious rule, like hurting someone on purpose, lying to trick people, or disobeying a special promise you agreed to follow.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandma said it was almost a sin to waste food, so we had to heroically finish the last five slices of pizza.

At the dessert table, it felt like a sin to eat only one brownie, so I bravely took three to protect them from loneliness.

At the sleepover, everyone agreed it was a sin to tell a scary story and then say, “Never mind” right before the ending.

Ella declared it a sin to wake her up before 9 a.m., unless there was an emergency like pancakes for breakfast.

In some old stories, people kept lists of sins to remember what not to do—if I kept a list, “accidentally eating the whole tub of ice cream” would be written on every single page.

At dusk a boy hid a loaf in his coat. A sin sat like stone. He touched the church door, feeling the sin in his chest. Inside he knelt, whispered the sin, and told the priest about the sin he could not eat. The priest forgave him. The boy left lighter, freed from the sin.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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