欲加之罪,何患无辞 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí

DEFINITIONS

  1. If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

CHARACTERS

欲 yù desire, want, long for; intend
加 jiā add to, increase, augment
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
罪 zuì crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship
何 hé what, why, where, which, how
患 huàn suffer, worry about; suffering
无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
辞 cí words, speech, expression, phrase