| 乱臣贼子 |
luàn chén zéi zǐ |
rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for scoundrel |
| 乱 |
luàn |
in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary |
| 臣 |
Chén |
surname Chen |
| 臣 |
chén |
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 |
| 贼 |
zéi |
thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan) |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |