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

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan zuǒ zhuàn); one can always trump up a charge against sb

Word data

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Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
to desire; desire; to wish for
to add; plus; to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of de); it
crime; guilt; fault
what; how; why
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
not; no; not to have
to resign; to decline; to take leave