欲加之罪，何患无辞

Traditional: 欲加之罪，何患無辭

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 欲加之罪，何患无辞 mean?

欲加之罪，何患无辞 (yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1If 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

2Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

Character breakdown

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欲yùdesire · appetite 加JiāCanada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) · surname Jia 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 罪zuìguilt · crime 何Hésurname He 患huànto suffer (from illness) · to contract (a disease)无móused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]辞cíold variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

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How to pronounce 欲加之罪，何患无辞

欲加之罪，何患无辞

yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí

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