恶
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evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm
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Words with 恶
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好事不出门，恶事传千里 | lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed… | |
| 无恶不作 | not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed | |
| 恶名儿 | erhua variant of 惡名|恶名[e4 ming2] | |
| 恶事传千里 | evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire | |
| 恶人 | evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person | |
| 恶水 | dirty water; water that is unfit to drink; slops | |
| 恶心 | variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] | |
| 恶心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | |
| 恶心 | bad habit; vicious habit; vice | |
| 恶性 | malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation) | |
| 恶化 | to worsen | |
| 恶行 | evil or wicked conduct | |
| 恶气 | evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner | |
| 恶语伤人 | to insult; to direct bad language at sb; to slag off | |
| 恶语中伤 | (idiom) to slander viciously | |
| 自食恶果 | lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom); fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own a… | |
| 性恶论 | "human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子[Xun2 zi3] | |
| 恶口 | bad language; foul mouth | |
| 恶事 | malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe | |
| 恶德 | wickedness; evil behavior |
Sound family
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