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惡貫滿盈

简恶贯满盈 · 繁惡貫滿盈

Mandarin · pinyin è guàn mǎn yíng

lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil
replete with vice
guilty of monstrous crimes

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滿: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
盈: yíng · fill; full, overflowing; surplus
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
贯: guàn · a string of 1000 coins; to go through
满: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied

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4–4–3–2 · e4 guan4 man3 ying2

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ok3 gun3 mun5 jing4

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(idiomatic) to have committed a great number of crimes or sins

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