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罪恶滔天

zuì è tāo tiāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-555bc6ecc07b1225. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

罪惡滔天 罪恶滔天 [zui4 e4 tao1 tian1] /(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes/

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Other forms in these source records: 罪惡滔天

  • 罪
    zuì

    guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin / variant of 罪[zuì], crime

  • 恶
    ě

    used in 惡心|恶心[ě xīn]

    è

    evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

    wù

    to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander

  • 滔
    tāo

    (bound form) to inundate / deluge / torrent

  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.