邪恶 邪惡 xié è sinister / vicious / wicked / evil syn 罪恶 罪惡 zuì è crime / evil / sin syn 恶意 惡意 è yì malice / evil intention syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 邪教 xié jiào evil cult 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 恶鬼 惡鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil syn 魔王 mó wáng devil king / evil person syn 积分 積分 jī fēn integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme 豺狼 chái láng jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant syn 魔爪 mó zhǎo evil clutches / claws syn 善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil 作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil syn 恶名 惡名 è míng bad name / evil reputation syn 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom) / fig. the originator of an evil practice 万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil syn 恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant syn 恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn 恶行 惡行 è xíng evil or wicked conduct syn 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 鬼魅 guǐ mèi demon / evil spirit syn 邪魔 xié mó evil spirit syn 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 邪说 邪說 xié shuō harmful teachings / evil doctrine syn 鬼祟 guǐ suì evil spirit / sneaky / secretive syn 奸笑 jiān xiào evil smile / sinister smile syn 魔掌 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc) syn 恶言 惡言 è yán evil tongue / malicious talk syn 死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 恶语 惡語 è yǔ evil words / malicious talk syn 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind syn 避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits 洁身自好 潔身自好 jié shēn zì hào clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean syn 积怨 積怨 jī yuàn grievance / accumulated rancor syn 贼心 賊心 zéi xīn evil intentions syn 无所不为 無所不為 wú suǒ bù wéi not stopping at anything / all manner of evil syn 恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom) / filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes syn 邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn 居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng to harbor evil intentions (idiom) syn 弊病 bì bìng malady / evil / malpractice / drawback / disadvantage syn 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 奸计 奸計 jiān jì evil plan / evil schemes syn 阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind / (fig.) evil wind syn 造孽 zào niè to do evil / to commit sins syn 狞笑 獰笑 níng xiào to laugh nastily / evil grin 积淀 積澱 jī diàn deposits accumulated over long periods / fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration) syn 为虎作伥 為虎作倀 wèi hǔ zuò chāng to act as accomplice to the tiger / to help a villain do evil (idiom) syn 孽障 niè zhàng evil creature syn 收心 shōu xīn to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 疾恶如仇 疾惡如仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) syn 鬼蜮 guǐ yù treacherous person / evil spirit syn 公积金 公積金 gōng jī jīn official reserves / accumulated fund syn 累累 lěi lěi again and again / innumerable / repeated / riddled with / accumulated syn 暗喜 àn xǐ hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans syn 恶势力 惡勢力 è shì li evil forces / criminals elements syn 恶势力 惡勢力 è shì lì evil forces / criminal elements syn 憎恶 憎惡 zēng è to hate evil syn 恶俗 惡俗 è sú bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity 恶气 惡氣 è qì evil smell / resentment / unpleasant manner 戾气 戾氣 lì qì evil tendencies / vicious currents / antisocial behavior 钟馗 鐘馗 zhōng kuí Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil 貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 妖邪 yāo xié evil monster 石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 奸邪 jiān xié crafty and evil / a treacherous villain syn 坏水 壞水 huài shuǐ evil tricks 积郁 積鬱 jī yù (of gloomy thoughts etc) to smolder / to accumulate in one's mind / accumulated anxiety 以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn 害 hài to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity syn 魔 mó (bound form) evil spirit / devil / (prefix) supernatural / magical syn 恶 惡 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn 贼 賊 zéi thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely syn 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn 否 pǐ clogged / evil syn 孽 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 灾星 災星 zāi xīng comet or supernova viewed as evil portent / (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain syn 歹 dǎi bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78 syn 祟 suì evil spirit 天下乌鸦一般黑 天下烏鴉一般黑 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world syn 歹意 dǎi yì evil intent / malice 奸恶 奸惡 jiān è crafty and evil 二元论 二元論 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil) 玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén to play with fire and get burnt (idiom) / fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt syn 歪风邪气 歪風邪氣 wāi fēng xié qì noxious winds, evil influences (idiom) / malignant social trends syn 除恶务尽 除惡務盡 chú è wù jìn to eradicate evil completely (idiom) / thorough in rooting out wickedness syn 激浊扬清 激濁揚清 jī zhuó yáng qīng lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue syn 开口子 開口子 kāi kǒu zi a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates syn 弃恶从善 棄惡從善 qì è cóng shàn to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom) 濯 zhuó to wash / to cleanse of evil syn 祓 fú to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster 