欲加之罪，何患无辞

Traditional form:

欲加之罪，何患無辭

Pinyin (reading):

yùjiāzhīzuì,héhuànwúcí

Definitions:

• If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳／左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
• Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

Characters:

• 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
• 何 - what, why, where, which, how
• 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 辞 - words, speech; to resign, to take leave

Traditional characters:

• 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
• 何 - what, why, where, which, how
• 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 辭 - words, speech; to resign, to take leave