Word
HSK | Not in HSK |
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FREQUENCY | Unknown |
欲加之罪,何患無辭 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
DEFINITIONS
- 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
- 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 |
無 wú | negative, no, not; lack, have no |
辭 cí | words, speech, expression, phrase |