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

• 恶鬼(惡鬼) an evil person
• 旧恶(舊惡) old wrong; past grievance; wickedness of former times
• 恶性疟原虫(惡性瘧原蟲) plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
• 除恶务尽(除惡務盡) to eradicate evil completely; thorough in rooting out wickedness
• 恶势力(惡勢力) an evil force
• 丑恶(醜惡) ugly
• 恶浊(惡濁) filthy; foul
• 逞恶行劫(逞惡行劫) to plunder and pillage
• 君子不念旧恶(君子不念舊惡) a noble ruler does not harbour grievances of past transgressions
• 恶斗(惡鬥) hard fighting; fierce battle
• 二恶英(二惡英) dioxin
• 凶神恶煞(兇神惡煞) fiends; devils and monsters
• 疾恶若仇(疾惡若仇) to detest evil doers as if they were enemies
• 惩恶扬善(懲惡揚善) to uphold virtue and condemn evil
• 恶言(惡言) foul language; malicious talk
• 恶果(惡果) evil consequence; retribution (in Buddhism)
• 贪婪是万恶之源(貪婪是萬惡之源) Greed is the root of all evil.
• 万恶滔天(萬惡滔天) so much evil that it reaches all the way to heaven
• 恶狠狠(惡狠狠) very fierce
• 改恶向善(改惡向善) turn away from evil and follow virtue
• 恶徒(惡徒) hoodlum; bad guy
• 恶魔城(惡魔城) Castlevania (video game series)
• 美恶(美惡) beauty and ugliness ; wholesome and unwholesome
• 恶语中伤(惡語中傷) vicious slander; to calumny maliciously
• 避恶(避惡) to avoid evil
• 恶恨(惡恨) to hate; to abhor
• 恶恶实实(惡惡實實) very fierce
• 星象恶曜(星象惡曜) unlucky star
• 女性厌恶(女性厭惡) misogyny
• 恶名昭著(惡名昭著) notorious ; infamous
• 男性厌恶(男性厭惡) misandry
• 功率恶化(功率惡化) power penalty
• 好逸恶劳(好逸惡勞) fond of convenience and loathe of toil
• 居心险恶(居心險惡) to have sinister motives
• 喜恶(喜惡) likes and dislikes
• 恶搞文化(惡搞文化) spoofing culture
• 长君之恶(長君之惡) to perpetuate the evil of a ruler
• 奸恶(奸惡) malicious
• 恶霸(惡霸) an evil tyrant
• 善有善报，恶有恶报(善有善報，惡有惡報) virtue has its reward, evil its retribution
• 兇恶(兇惡) fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening
• 恶作剧(惡作劇) mischief /an excessive practical joke; a prank
• 劝善戒恶(勸善戒惡) to urge wholesome behavior and warn against evil
• 惩恶(懲惡) to punish evil actions
• 好善嫉恶(好善嫉惡) to like wholesomeness and detest evil
• 首恶(首惡) chief offender; ringleader
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
• 恶叉白赖(惡叉白賴) evil behavior; brazen villainy
• 秽恶(穢惡) filth
• 性恶论(性惡論) human nature is evil

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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

• 子恶 (子惡) 子惡欲飲子酒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 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
• 人恶 (人惡) 鄭人惡高克 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3
• 恶物 (惡物) 醜類惡物 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 恶无礼 (惡無禮) 惡無禮也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧野有死麕 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Ye You Si Jun — count: 3
• 恶公子 (惡公子) 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: 3
• 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
• 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
• 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