德治
dé zhì
Pinyin
Definition
德治
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- rule by virtue
- rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
仁义道德
- 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
- 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道,还治其人之身
- 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
- 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以德报怨
- 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
- 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨,以德报德
- 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)