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睚眦必报
yá​zì​bì​bào

to seek revenge for the smallest grievance

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 睚眦 睚眥 yá​zì
    small grievance
    (literary) a small grudge or petty grievance, as in the idiom 睚眦必报 yá​zì​bì​bào
  2. 必 bì adverb
    certainly
    certainly; surely; inevitably; necessarily
  3. 报 報 bào verbnoun
    to retaliate
    to retaliate; to take revenge; to avenge