to return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good
trad. 以德報怨
Also written 以德報怨【yǐ dé bào yuàn】
Characters in this word
4以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
德
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Germany, German, abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- Pinyin
- Dé
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 1146 of 2500
报
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to report; to inform; to announce, to respond; to reply, to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]), to reward; to recompense, to take revenge; to retaliate, newspaper, periodical; journal, bulletin, telegram
- Pinyin
- bào
- Traditional
- 報
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3570 of 2500
怨
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to blame, (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- Pinyin
- yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 24573 of 2500