欲加之罪，何患無辭 yù jiā zhī zuì ， hé huàn wú cí

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左传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
欲 yù HSK 6
to desire; desire; to wish for
加 jiā HSK 3
to add; plus; to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
罪 zuì HSK 6
crime; guilt; fault
何 hé HSK 4
what; how; why
患 huàn HSK 6
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
無 wú
not; no; not to have
辭 cí
to resign; to decline; to take leave