栽赃 zāizāng to frame somebody
to frame somebody (by planting something on them)
How to remember 栽赃: 栽 to cultivate + 赃 booty = to frame somebody.
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How it is used
- 'To frame someone (by planting evidence)' - 栽赃陷害 (zāizāng xiànhài) to frame and incriminate.
- 赃 = stolen/illicit goods; the trick is planting incriminating items on an innocent person.
- Negative/legal; distinct from 诬陷 (wūxiàn, to frame by false accusation) which needn't involve planted objects.