yú niè

Traditional: 餘孽

余孽 (yú niè) is a Chinese word meaning “remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)”.

Meanings

  1. 1remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)

Characters in 余孽

余yú · (literary) I; me孽niè · son born of a concubine

Related words

余生the remaining years of one's life业余in one's spare time其余the rest多余superfluous余地margin剩余remainder罪孽sin余(literary) I; me余extra余surname Yu余下remaining残余remnant

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