带罪立功

dàizuì-lìgōng

[make amends for one's wrongdoing; atone for one's crimes by doing good deeds] 指允许有罪的人立功, 将功抵罪

说什么"舒某人有罪, 佛爷很可以革掉他的功名, 叫他带罪立功, 以观后效。 "--《官场现形记》