孽

variant of 孽[nie4]

son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil

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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

surname Xue / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)

wormwood like grass (classical)

evildoer

remaining evil element / surviving members (of evil former regime) / dregs (of colonial administration)

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

sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin

unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son

Flower in the sea of evil, late Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[Jin1 Tian1 he2]

evil creature (multipurpose curse) / evil domestic animal

bad karma

to sin

predestined relationship

catastrophes and unnatural phenomena / Heaven-sent warnings