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余孽

yú niè

2-character word Traditional 餘孽

What 余孽 means

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

The characters in 余孽

• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 孽nièson born of a concubine; disaster; sin

Words containing 余孽

• 残渣余孽cán zhā yú nièevil elements who have escaped eradication

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