"evil" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
hài n., v. to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity syn
弊病 bì bìng n. malady / evil / malpractice / drawback / disadvantage syn
zéi n., adj. thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely syn
邪恶 邪惡 xié è adj. sinister / vicious / wicked / evil syn
罪恶 罪惡 zuì è crime / evil / sin syn
clogged / evil syn
è adj. evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn
xié adj. demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn
dǎi bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78 syn
niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn
è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm / Japanese variant of 惡|恶[e4]
dǎi bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78 / old variant of 歹[dai3]
zéi thief / robber / (bound form) traitor / subversive / (bound form) evil / wicked / sly / shifty / devious / (literary) to harm / to injure / (coll.) extremely / insanely / damn (common in NE China and Taiwan) / old variant of 賊|贼[zei2]
𫫇 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm / variant of 惡|恶[e4], used in names of chemical compounds
Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
霸道 bà dào adj. 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
恶势力 惡勢力 è shì lì evil forces / criminal elements syn
憎恶 憎惡 zēng è to hate evil syn
戾气 戾氣 lì qì evil tendencies / vicious currents / antisocial behavior
以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn
邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn
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
恶意 惡意 è yì n. malice / evil intention syn
妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn
魔王 mó wáng devil king / evil person syn
恶性 惡性 è xìng adj. malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn
邪教 xié jiào evil cult
恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn
鬼魅 guǐ mèi demon / evil spirit syn
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil
暗喜 àn xǐ hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans syn
狞笑 獰笑 níng xiào to laugh nastily / evil grin
奸笑 jiān xiào evil smile / sinister smile 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
恶势力 惡勢力 è shì li evil forces / criminals elements syn
万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil syn
恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn
阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind / (fig.) evil wind syn
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil syn
恶行 惡行 è xíng evil or wicked conduct syn
恶鬼 惡鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil syn
魔掌 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc) syn
豺狼 chái láng jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant syn
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant syn
魔爪 mó zhǎo evil clutches / claws syn
恶名 惡名 è míng bad name / evil reputation syn
邪魔 xié mó evil spirit syn
居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind 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
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
恶俗 惡俗 è sú bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity
邪道 xié dào deviant path / evil ways / see 邪路[xie2lu4] syn
恶气 惡氣 è qì evil smell / resentment / unpleasant manner
邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn
恶言 惡言 è yán evil tongue / malicious talk syn
奸计 奸計 jiān jì evil plan / evil schemes syn
避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits
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
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
恶语 惡語 è yǔ evil words / malicious talk syn
余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration) syn
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
造孽 zào niè to do evil / to commit sins syn
收心 shōu xīn to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts
邪说 邪說 xié shuō harmful teachings / evil doctrine 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
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
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
曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn
居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng to harbor evil intentions (idiom) syn
鬼祟 guǐ suì evil spirit / sneaky / secretive syn
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
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
奸邪 jiān xié crafty and evil / a treacherous villain syn
笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn
坏水 壞水 huài shuǐ evil tricks
疾恶如仇 疾惡如仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) 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
鬼蜮 guǐ yù treacherous person / evil spirit 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)
(bound form) evil spirit / devil / (prefix) supernatural / magical syn
suì evil spirit
zhuó to wash / to cleanse of evil syn
to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
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 / see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male) syn
evil thought
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 / see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)
shǎ to speak evil / gobbling sound made by ducks
jīn evil force
yāo evil spirit / goblin / witchcraft / variant of 妖[yao1] / common erroneous variant of 祆[Xian1] Ormazda
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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