Definitions

1. 1. If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传)
2. 2. one can always trump up a charge against sb
3. 3. Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
4. 4. if you want to punish someone, you can always find excuses

Components

• 欲 yù – desire
• 加之 jiā zhī – moreover
• 罪 zuì – guilt
• 何 Hé – surname He
• 患 huàn – to suffer (from illness)
• 无 wú – not to have
• 辞 cí – to resign