Definition
罪大恶极 is a four-character set phrase (成语) that literally means 'crime great, evil extreme'. It is used to describe someone whose crimes are extraordinarily heinous and unforgivable. The phrase often appears as a predicate after 真是 or as an attribute before nouns like 罪犯 (criminal). You cannot break it apart or change the characters — it's a fixed expression.
f.e.
guilty of the most heinous crimesmonstrously evil
Examples
- 罪大恶极，。Zhège zuìfàn zhēn shì zuì dà è jí, bìxū yánchéng.This criminal is truly monstrously evil and must be severely punished.
- 罪大恶极。Nàxiē zuì dà è jí de bàoxíng yǐnqǐ le quán shìjiè de fènnù.Those heinous atrocities aroused the anger of the whole world.
- 罪大恶极，。Tā fànxià le zuì dà è jí de zuìxíng, bèi pànchǔ zhōngshēn jiānjìn.He committed monstrous crimes and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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