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欲加之罪，何患無辭

简欲加之罪，何患无辞 · 繁欲加之罪，何患無辭

Mandarin · pinyin yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí

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

Characters in this entry

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: Look up this written character
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无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
辞: cí · words, speech, expression, phrase

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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

juk6 gaa1 zi1 zeoi6 ，ho4 waan6 mou4 ci4

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