万恶

萬惡

wàn'è

adjective #20,829

Meanings

1 thoroughly evil
2 of all evils
3 utterly wicked

Characters

ten thousand / all / myriad

evil / wicked / vile

Examples

旧社会是万恶的社会。

Jiù shèhuì shì wàn'è de shèhuì.

The old society was a thoroughly evil society.

万恶之源是贪婪。

Wàn'è zhī yuán shì tānlán.

The root of all evil is greed.

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万恶 is a classical, literary term often used in political or moral rhetoric. It appears in the phrase 万恶不赦 (beyond redemption / deserving no forgiveness) and was heavily used in revolutionary-era Chinese writing to condemn the old feudal society.

Stroke Order

万 wàn

恶 è