恶贯满盈 (è guàn mǎn yíng) — to have committed countless crimes; to be steeped in iniquity
Definition
A literary chengyu meaning a criminal's evils have piled up to the full — i.e. guilty beyond saving. Far stronger than 罪恶深重 and used only for unredeemable offenders in writing or judgment contexts.
idiom
to have committed countless crimesto be steeped in iniquity
Examples
- 恶贯满盈，。Zhè ge zuì fàn è guàn mǎn yíng, zhōng yú bèi pàn chǔ sǐ xíng.This criminal, whose evil deeds were countless, was finally sentenced to death.
- 恶贯满盈，。Tā è guàn mǎn yíng, fǎ lǜ jué bú huì kuān shù tā.He is steeped in iniquity; the law will never forgive him.
- 恶贯满盈，。Lì shǐ shàng nà xiē è guàn mǎn yíng de bào jūn, zuì zhōng dōu shòu dào le chéng fá.Those tyrants in history who had committed countless crimes were eventually punished.
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