作孽
zuò niè
Pinyin

Definition

作孽
 - 
zuò niè
  1. to sin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作秀
zuò xiù
  1. 1 to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. 2 to grandstand
  3. 3 to perform in a stage show
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
  1. 1 to stop at nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to dare to do anything
为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
  1. 1 to act as accomplice to the tiger
  2. 2 to help a villain do evil (idiom)

Sample Sentences

真作孽啊！
zhēn zuòniè a ！
How despicable!
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哎！这种病已经越来越年轻化了。各种各样的环境污染，工作压力大，生活作息不规律等因素都对健康造成了极大的危害。前两天我看一篇报道上说，现在白血病的发病率逐年上升，其中一半的患者是儿童。那么一丁点儿大的人，却要承受化疗的折磨，真作孽啊！
ai ！zhèzhǒng bìng yǐjīng yuèláiyuè niánqīnghuà le 。gèzhǒng gèyàng de huánjìng wūrǎn ，gōngzuò yālì dà ，shēnghuó zuòxī bù guīlǜ děng yīnsù dōu duì jiànkāng zàochéng le jí dà de wēihài 。qián liǎng tiān wǒ kàn yī piān bàodào shàng shuō ，xiànzài báixuèbìng de fābìnglǜ zhúnián shàngshēng ，qízhōng yībàn de huànzhě shì értóng 。nàme yīdīngdiǎnr dà de rén ，què yào chéngshòu huàliáo de zhémó ，zhēn zuòniè a ！
Agh! Cancer affects people earlier and earlier. All kinds of pollution, pressure at work, irregular schedules - all of these factors are extremely harmful to people's health. The other day I read a news report that said there are more and more cases of leukemia every year - and that half of them are children. Such young kids having to endure the pain of chemotherapy - it's just wrong!
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