恶 (惡) è

1. è noun evil; vice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'è' 恶 n; NCCED '恶' è 1)
2. è adjective evil; wicked; bad; foul; malevolent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' è 1, p. 100; NCCED '恶' è 3; Unihan '惡')
3. ě adjective queasy; nauseous
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 恶心 (ABC 'ě' 恶; NCCED '恶' ě)
4. wù verb to hate; to detest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'wù' 恶 bf; Kroll 2015 '惡' wù 1, p. 100; NCCED '惡' wù)
5. wū pronoun how?
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An interrogative pronoun used in Classical Chinese, often followed by 乎 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 96). For example, 君子去仁，惡乎成名？ 'If a superior man [junzi] abandon virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; Kroll 2015 '惡' wū 1, p. 100; NCCED '惡' wū 1)
6. è adjective fierce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'è' 恶 v; NCCED '恶' 'è' 1)
7. è adjective detestable; offensive; unpleasant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' è 2, p. 100)
8. wù verb to denounce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' wù 2, p. 100)
9. wū interjection oh!
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '惡' wū 2)

Contained in

• 罪大恶极(罪大惡極) guilty of terrible crimes ; reprehensible
• 疾恶若仇(疾惡若仇) to detest evil doers as if they were enemies
• 秽恶(穢惡) filth
• 好恶(好惡) lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 钱是万恶之源(錢是萬惡之源) Money is the root of all evil.
• 无恶不作(無惡不作) not to shrink from any crime; to commit any imaginable misdeed
• 可恶(可惡) repulsive; vile; hateful
• 邪恶(邪惡) sinister; vicious; wicked; evil ; a crime
• 恶相(惡相) an evil countenance; a bad omen
• 恶凶凶(惡兇兇) fierce
• 进义诛恶(進義誅惡) advance righteousness and punish evil
• 恶行(惡行) evil conduct; wicked conduct
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 恶人先告状(惡人先告狀) the guilty party files the suit; the thief cries thief
• 从善如登，从恶如崩(從善如登，從惡如崩) doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall
• 恶有恶报(惡有惡報) evil has its retribution; to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
• 恶名儿(惡名兒) a bad reputation
• 恶意(惡意) malice
• 惩恶(懲惡) to punish evil actions
• 恶搞文化(惡搞文化) spoofing culture
• 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到(善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到) Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time
• 万恶之源(萬惡之源) the root of all evil
• 恶誓(惡誓) evil oath
• 恶战(惡戰) hard fighting; fierce battle
• 万恶(萬惡) everything that is evil
• 疾恶(疾惡) to detest evil
• 恶唑啉(惡唑啉) oxacillin
• 恶言(惡言) foul language; malicious talk
• 恶兽(惡獸) an evil beast
• 恶贯满盈(惡貫滿盈) strung through and filled with evil; filled with extreme evil; replete with vice
• 恶德(惡德) wickedness; evil behavior
• 二恶英(二惡英) dioxin
• 星象恶曜(星象惡曜) unlucky star
• 褒贤遏恶(褒賢遏惡) praise the worthy, curb the wicked
• 好逸恶劳(好逸惡勞) fond of convenience and loathe of toil
• 恶嗪(噁嗪) oxazine
• 贪婪是万恶之源(貪婪是萬惡之源) Greed is the root of all evil.
• 凶神恶煞(兇神惡煞) fiends; devils and monsters
• 恶棍(惡棍) scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain
• 恶癖(惡癖) bad habit
• 恶浊(惡濁) filthy; foul
• 恶仗(惡仗) hard fighting; fierce battle
• 万恶滔天(萬惡滔天) so much evil that it reaches all the way to heaven
• 恶煞(惡煞) demon; fiend
• 恶言伤人(惡言傷人) to insult; to direct bad language at somebody; to slag off
• 恶作剧(惡作劇) mischief /an excessive practical joke; a prank
• 恶习(惡習) a bad habit; a vice
• 恶性疟原虫(惡性瘧原蟲) plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)

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恶意代码 、 恶姻缘

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• 卷四十五 列傳第五 王鎮惡 檀韶 向靖 劉懷慎 劉粹 Volume 45 Biographies 5: Wang Zhen E, Tan Shao, Xiang Jing, Liu Huaishen, Liu Cui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 70
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 54
• 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil Xunzi 荀子 — count: 51
• 《大學章句》 Commentary on Great Learning Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 37
• 卷十六　　列傳第六　王鎮惡 朱齡石 毛脩之 傅弘之 朱脩之 王玄謨 Volume 16 Biographies 6: Wwang Zhene, Zhu Lingshi, Mao Xiuzhi, Fu Hongzhi, Zhu Xiuzhi, Wang Xuanmo History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 35
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 34
• 《陽貨第十七》 Commentary on Yang Huo XVII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 31
• 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 30
• 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 27
• 卷二十六 志第十六 天文四 Volume 26 Treatises 16: Astronomy 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 25

Collocations

• 石恶 (石惡) 衛石惡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 同恶 (同惡) 若楚人與吾同惡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 恶曹 (惡曹) 鄭人盟于惡曹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2
• 驾恶 (駕惡) 鄭洩駕惡公子瑕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 大恶 (大惡) 先君有共德而君納諸大惡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 恶出奔 (惡出奔) 衛石惡出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 取恶 (取惡) 我則取惡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 楚恶 (楚惡) 周公楚惡惠襄之偪也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 恶高 (惡高) 公子素惡高克 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — count: 2
• 公恶 (公惡) 元公惡寺人柳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2