造孽
zào​niè

to do evil

  • created reference approved 造孽 → 造业/造業 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    造孽 zào​niè

    造业 / 造業 zào​yè

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 造孽 · zào​niè · to do evil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    造孽

    zào​niè

    to do evil

    to do evil or commit a sin; originally a Buddhist term referring to bad deeds that will result in retribution

    造, 孽

    造 (literal) → 造 · zào · to build 孽 (literal) → 孽 · niè · sin

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense