jī'è​yú​yāng

accumulated evil brings disaster

  • created sense approved 积恶余殃/積惡餘殃 · jī'è​yú​yāng · accumulated evil brings disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    积恶余殃 / 積惡餘殃

    jī'è​yú​yāng

    accumulated evil brings disaster

    (idiom) A lifetime of bad deeds will eventually result in suffering or disaster for oneself or one's descendants; based on a passage from the [[易经|易經|yi4 jing1]] stating that a house that accumulates evil will have misfortune left over for its children.

    积恶 (literal) → 积恶/積惡 · jī'è · accumulated evil 余殃 (literal) → 余殃/餘殃 · yú​yāng · lingering calamity

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