black sheep(niè gēn huò tāi)

black sheep

Evil root and evil child is a word, Pinyin is Ni è g ē nhu ò t ā I, which means the root of disaster, old refers to the bad son.

Idiom explanation

The root cause of disaster. The old refers to the bad son.

Source of allusion

The third chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "I have an evil root, and I am the" devil king "in my family."

Grammatical usage

As object and attribute.

Chinese PinYin : niè gēn huò tāi