欲加之罪，何患無辭

juk6 gaa1 zi1 zeoi6 ，ho4 waan6 mou4 ci4

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb · Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

Written Forms

欲加之罪，何患無辭Traditional · Main Form
欲加之罪，何患无辞Alternate Form

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