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Usage of the character 孽

niè
[孼]
  • variant of 孽 (niè)
niè
[孽]
  • son born of a concubine
  • disaster
  • sin
  • evil
zàoniè
造孽
[造孽]
  • to do evil
  • to commit sins
nièyuán
孽缘
[孽緣]
  • ill-fated relationship
zuìniè
罪孽
[罪孽]
  • sin
  • crime
  • wrongdoing
nièchù
孽畜
[孽畜]
  • evil creature (multipurpose curse)
  • evil domestic animal
nièbào
孽报
[孽報]
  • bad karma
nièzǐ
孽子
[孽子]
  • unfilial son
  • unworthy son
  • illegitimate son
  • concubine's son
yāoniè
妖孽
[妖孽]
  • evildoer
zuòniè
作孽
[作孽]
  • to sin
nièzhàng
孽障
[孽障]
  • evil creature
yúniè
余孽
[餘孽]
  • remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)
nièzhǒng
孽种
[孽種]
  • bane of one's existence
  • vile spawn
yuānniè
冤孽
[冤孽]
  • sin (in Buddhism)
  • enmity leading to sin
zìzuòniè
自作孽
[自作孽]
  • to bring disaster on oneself
Nièhǎihuā
孽海花
[孽海花]
  • A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮 ( Jīn Tiānhē) and Zeng Pu 曾樸/曾朴 ( Zēng Pǔ)
cánzhāyúniè
残渣余孽
[殘渣餘孽]
  • evil elements who have escaped eradication
tiānzāidìniè
天灾地孽
[天災地孽]
  • catastrophes and unnatural phenomena
  • Heaven-sent warnings