Definition
招安 is a verb-object compound meaning to offer amnesty to rebels and enlist them into government service — a tactic used by imperial Chinese authorities to pacify rebel leaders by granting them official titles. It's a separable verb (离合词): you can insert measure words or the aspect marker 了/过 between the syllables, as in 招了一次安 ('offered amnesty once').
v.o.
to pacify rebels by offering them amnesty and official positions
Examples
- 招安。Cháotíng juédìng duì zhè zhī yìjūn jìnxíng zhāo ān.The imperial court decided to offer amnesty to this rebel army.
- 招安。Lìshǐ shàng Sòng Jiāng bèi zhāo ān de gùshì hěn zhùmíng.The story of Song Jiang being granted amnesty is very famous in history.
- ，。Zhèngfǔ zhāo le yí cì ān, dàn pànjūn jùjué le.The government offered amnesty once, but the rebels refused.
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