son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil
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sin / crime / wrongdoing
bane of one's existence / vile spawn
bad karma
unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son
evil creature (multipurpose curse) / evil domestic animal
ill-fated relationship
evil creature
to sin
sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin
catastrophes and unnatural phenomena / Heaven-sent warnings
evildoer
evil elements who have escaped eradication
to bring disaster on oneself
to do evil / to commit sins
remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration)
A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[] and Zeng Pu 曾樸|曾朴[]
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