罪大滔天

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Chinese

guilt; crime; fault
guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
billowing; huge; severe
billowing; huge; severe; great; heinous
 
trad. (罪大滔天) 罪 大 滔天
simp. #(罪大滔天) 罪 大 滔天
anagram 滔天大罪

Etymology

“Sony”
From the wrong translation of the line in the 1992 film Royal Tramp:
索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨聲載道。 [Cantonese, trad.]
索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨声载道。 [Cantonese, simp.]
sok3 nei4 zeoi6 daai6 tou1 tin1, gaau2 dou3 baak3 sing3 jyun3 sing1 zoi3 dou6.
Sonin has committed so many crimes that he caused public discontent.
Here 索尼 (Suǒní) refers to the Qing historical figure Sonin, but the filmmaker mistranslated the line as “Sony is guilty, he makes our people angry” in the English subtitles.

Pronunciation

Idiom

罪大滔天

  1. to have committed a grave sin and be evil to the extreme

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Proper noun

罪大滔天

  1. (slang, humorous or derogatory) Sony

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