| 罪孽 | zuì niè | sin; crime; wrongdoing | |
| 造孽 | zào niè | to do evil; to commit sins | |
| 余孽 | yú niè | remaining evil element; surviving members (of evil former regime); dregs (of colonial administration) | |
| 作孽 | zuò niè | to sin | |
| 孽种 | niè zhǒng | bane of one's existence; vile spawn |
| 1 | The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear. | |
| 2 | What did I do wrong in my past life? | |
| 3 | It would be like this giant karmic debt. | |
| 4 | We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. | |
| 5 | That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |