欲加之罪，何患无辞 in English yu4 jia1 zhi1 zui4 , he2 huan4 wu2 ci2 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

欲 加 之 罪 ， 何 患 无 辞

Traditional Characters

欲 加 之 罪 ， 何 患 無 辭

Pinyin

yu4 jia1 zhi1 zui4 , he2 huan4 wu2 ci2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

欲yu4desire 加jia1abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4] 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 罪zui4guilt ， 何he2surname He 患huan4to suffer (from illness) 无wu2not to have 辞ci2old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]