数罪并罚

數罪並罰
shùzuìbìngfá
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 combined punishment for multiple crimes
  2. 2 concurrent / cumulative sentencing

Examples

Fǎyuàn duì qí shùzuì bìngfá, pànchǔ yǒuqī túxíng shíwǔ nián.
The court applied combined punishment for multiple crimes and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment.
Tā bèi yǐ zhàpiàn zuì, xǐqián zuì shùzuì bìngfá.
He received combined punishment for fraud and money laundering.

Tips

culture
PRC Criminal Law term: when one defendant has committed multiple crimes, the court determines a sentence for each, then merges them under specific rules — typically 'higher than the heaviest single sentence, lower than the sum'. Caps: surveillance ≤ 3 years, detention ≤ 1 year, fixed-term imprisonment ≤ 20 (or 25) years.
register
Strictly legal/news vocabulary. here is read shù (multiple), not shǔ (to count).

Stroke Order

shù
zuì
bìng