造孽

zàoniè
  1. to do evil
  2. to commit sins

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) to sin; to do evil
  2. (Ningbonese) to quarrel; to argue
  3. to quarrel; to argue
  4. to sin; to do evil

Wiktionary

做壞事，種下惡因。《西遊記．第二一回》：「如來照見了他，不該死罪，故著我轄押，但他傷生造孽，拿上靈山；今又沖撞大聖，陷害唐僧，我拿他去見如來，明正其罪。」《紅樓夢．第二五回》：「不是我說句造孽的話，你們沒有本事，也難怪別人。」也作「造業」。

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Entry Composition

1 造 zào
  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops
=2 孽 niè variant of 孽 niè
=2 孽 niè
  1. son born of a concubine
  2. disaster
  3. sin
  4. evil

Related entries

作惡 zuòè to do evil