惩恶扬善
惩恶扬善
chéng è yáng shàn
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 懲惡揚善
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- (verb, idiom) to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
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Related Words
彰善瘅恶(zhāng shàn dàn è)— to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
→伸张(shēn zhāng)— to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)
→扶正压邪(fú zhèng yā xié)— to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
→劝善惩恶(quàn shàn chéng è)— to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
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