以怨報德
Chinese
to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
blame; complain | to repay someone's kindness | ||
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trad. (以怨報德) | 以 | 怨 | 報德 | |
simp. (以怨报德) | 以 | 怨 | 报德 | |
anagram | 以德報怨/以德报怨 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄩㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyuànbàodé
- Wade–Giles: i3-yüan4-pao4-tê2
- Yale: yǐ-ywàn-bàu-dé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyuannbawder
- Palladius: июаньбаодэ (ijuanʹbaodɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji5 jyun3 bou3 dak1
- Yale: yíh yun bou dāk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5 jyn3 bou3 dak7
- Guangdong Romanization: yi5 yun3 bou3 deg1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː¹³ jyːn³³ pou̯³³ tɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: yiX 'jwon|'jwonH pawH tok
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ləʔ [ʔ]o[r]-s pˤuk-s tˤək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*lɯʔ qon|qons puːɡs tɯːɡ/
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 以怨報德
- to return evil for good; to return injury for kindness; to bite the hand that feeds one
- 子曰:「以德報怨,則寬身之仁也;以怨報德,則刑戮之民也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Yǐ dé bào yuàn, zé kuānshēn zhī rén yě; yǐ yuàn bào dé, zé xínglù zhī mín yě.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, ‘They who return kindness for injury are such as have a regard for their own persons. They who return injury for kindness are men to be punished and put to death.’
子曰:「以德报怨,则宽身之仁也;以怨报德,则刑戮之民也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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