to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
trad. 勸善懲惡
Also written 勸善懲惡【quàn shàn chéng è】
Characters in this word
4劝
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to advise, to urge, to try to persuade, to exhort, to console, to soothe
- Pinyin
- quàn
- Traditional
- 勸
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 5049 of 2500
善
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good (virtuous), benevolent, well-disposed, good at sth, to improve or perfect
- Pinyin
- shàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 10025 of 2500
惩
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to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Traditional
- 懲
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 22627 of 2500
恶
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used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- Pinyin
- ě
- Traditional
- 惡
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12185 of 2500