yù​jiā​zhī​zuì​hé​huàn​wú​cí

give a dog a bad name and hang him

  1. verb
    to want
    (bound form) to want; to wish; to desire
  2. jiā verbnoun
    to apply
    to apply a specific action to something or someone; to confer; to bestow; to inflict (punishment or pressure)
  3. zhī pronoun
    it
    Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".
  4. crime
    crime; guilt; sin; an offense against the law
  5. non-Chinese
  6. adverb
    why
    (literary) why; how
  7. to worry
    (bound form) to worry; to be anxious about something
  8. adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  9. nounverb
    word
    (bound form) Language; diction; speech; a statement or phrase