劝善惩恶
劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
verbidiom
Traditional: 勸善懲惡
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- (verb, idiom) to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
- you get what's coming to you
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Related Words
伸张(shēn zhāng)— to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)
→善有善报，恶有恶报(shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào)— virtue has its reward, evil its retribution
→彰善瘅恶(zhāng shàn dàn è)— to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
→惩恶扬善(chéng è yáng shàn)— to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
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