one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
trad. 有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人
Also written 有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人【yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén】
Characters in this word
12有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
仇
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surname Qiu
- Pinyin
- Qiú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9967 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 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
非
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abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- Pinyin
- Fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2078 of 2500
君
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monarch, lord, gentleman, ruler
- Pinyin
- jūn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4457 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
冤
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injustice, grievance, wrong
- Pinyin
- yuān
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 45367 of 2500
伸
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to stretch, to extend
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 17392 of 2500
枉
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to twist, crooked, unjust, in vain
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 30964 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500