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莫mok6須seoi1有jau5

simp莫须有
mok6 seoi1 jau5mò xū yǒu

English

  1. groundless; baseless
  2. an accusation in ancient China, meaning "conviction for no reason"; nowadays figuratively means "false accusation"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中國古代一種罪名,意思約為「無須理由而定罪」,現代比喻為插贓嫁禍、誣告而成嘅罪名

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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