报怨 (報怨)
bào yuàn
Pinyin
Definition
报怨 (報怨)
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- to pay back a score
- to get revenge
- to requite
- (old) variant of 抱怨[bào yuàn]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to complain
- 2 to grumble
- 3 to harbor a complaint
- 4 to feel dissatisfied
- 1 grief
- 2 resentment
- 3 aggrieved
- 4 plaintive
- 1 to complain
- 2 to grumble (about)
- 3 to reproach
- 4 to blame
- 1 to pay back a score
- 2 to get revenge
- 3 to requite
- 4 (old) variant of 抱怨[bào yuàn]
- 1 hidden bitterness, secret grudge
Idioms (10)
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)
任劳任怨
- 1 to work hard without complaint (idiom)
怨天尤人
- 1 (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
怨天载道
- 1 lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around
- 2 discontent is openly voiced