惡人

惡人

1. bad person; vile creature; villain

   • 見惡人，無咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     见恶人，无咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Jiàn èrén, wú jiù. [Pinyin]

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   • 不立於惡人之朝，不與惡人言；立於惡人之朝，與惡人言，如以朝衣朝冠坐於塗炭。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     不立于恶人之朝，不与恶人言；立于恶人之朝，与恶人言，如以朝衣朝冠坐于涂炭。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bù lì yú èrén zhī cháo, bù yǔ èrén yán; lì yú èrén zhī cháo, yǔ èrén yán, rú yǐ cháoyī cháoguān zuò yú tútàn. [Pinyin]

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2. one who offends others; one who causes themselves to be disliked (by being outspoken, etc.)

   • 既然兄弟這般說了，我沒來由做甚麼惡人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     既然兄弟这般说了，我没来由做什么恶人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Jìrán xiōngdì zhèbān shuō le, wǒ méi láiyóu zuò shénme èrén. [Pinyin]

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3. (Classical) ugly person

   • 衛有惡人焉，曰哀駘它。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     卫有恶人焉，曰哀骀它。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wèi yǒu èrén yān, yuē Āitáitā. [Pinyin]

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   • 雖有惡人，齋戒沐浴，則可以祀上帝。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     虽有恶人，斋戒沐浴，则可以祀上帝。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Suī yǒu èrén, zhāijiè mùyù, zé kě yǐ sì Shàngdì. [Pinyin]

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• (bad person):

惡人

1. (dialectal Jin) to anger someone; to offend others; to frame others

惡人

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to scold someone in a brutal manner

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “恶人”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 424.

惡人 • (agin) (hangeul 악인)

1. hanja form^? of 악인 (“bad person; villain; evildoer”)