恶贯满盈 è guàn mǎn yíng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil
  2. replete with vice
  3. guilty of monstrous crimes

CHARACTERS

恶 è evil, wicked, bad, foul
贯 guàn a string of 1000 coins; to go through
满 mǎn fill; full, satisfied
盈 yíng fill; full, overflowing; surplus