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恶人

è rén · e ren

Traditional 惡人

Meaning

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  1. evil person; vile creature; villain
  2. (archaic) ugly person
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2 examples
01

只(zhǐ)要(yào)好(hǎo)人(rén)袖(xiù)手(shǒu)旁(páng)观(guān)，恶(è)人(rén)就(jiù)会(huì)得(dé)胜(shèng)。

As long as good people do nothing, evil will triumph.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

故(gù)事(shì)里(lǐ)的(de)恶(è)人(rén)最(zuì)后(hòu)都(dōu)受(shòu)到(dào)了(le)惩(chéng)罚(fá)。

The villains in the story all got punished in the end.

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