有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu​chóu​bù​bào​fēi​jūn​zǐ​yǒu​yuān​bù​shēn​wǎng​wéi​rén

not seeking revenge is unworthy of a man

  1. 有仇不报非君子 有仇不報非君子 yǒu​chóu​bù​bào​fēi​jūn​zǐ
    a real man will even the score
    a person who does not seek revenge for a wrong is not a true gentleman; it is the mark of a real man to pay back his enemies (idiom)
  2. ， yǒu
    non-Chinese
  3. 有 yǒu verb
    there is
    there is; there are; to exist; to occur or happen
  4. 冤 yuān noun
    injustice
    injustice; grievance; a wrong done to someone
  5. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  6. 伸 shēn verb
    to express
    (literary) to state; to explain; to express or voice
  7. 枉 wǎng
    in vain
    (bound form) in vain; to no purpose; for nothing
  8. 为人 為人 wéi​rén verb
    to be human
    (literary) To be a human being or to take human form.