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.
trad. 欲加之罪，何患無辭
Also written 欲加之罪，何患無辭【yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí】
Characters in this word
8欲
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desire, appetite, passion, lust, greed
- Pinyin
- yù
- Traditional
- 慾
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10619 of 2500
加
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Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]), surname Jia
- Pinyin
- Jiā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1517 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
罪
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guilt, crime, fault, blame, sin
- Pinyin
- zuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2606 of 2500
何
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surname He
- Pinyin
- Hé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7256 of 2500
患
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to suffer (from illness), to contract (a disease), misfortune, trouble, danger, worry
- Pinyin
- huàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 9694 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
辞
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old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
- Pinyin
- cí
- Traditional
- 辤
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 22086 of 2500