fàn'ér​bù​jiào

to not retaliate

  1. to offend
    to offend or affront a person; to be rude to
  2. ér conjunction
    but
    Used to connect ideas that contrast or conflict; yet; but; on the other hand
  3. 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
  4. to compete
    to compare; to contest; to measure (strength, etc.)