以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ​zhí​bào​yuàn​yǐ​dé​bào​dé

to repay kindness with kindness and enmity with justice

  • created sense approved 以直报怨，以德报德/以直報怨，以德報德 · yǐ​zhí​bào​yuàn​yǐ​dé​bào​dé · to repay kindness with kindness and enmity with justice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以直报怨，以德报德 / 以直報怨，以德報德

    yǐ​zhí​bào​yuàn​yǐ​dé​bào​dé

    to repay kindness with kindness and enmity with justice

    An idiom from the Analects of Confucius suggesting that one should return good for good, but respond to resentment or injury with uprightness and fairness rather than revenge or excessive kindness.

    以直报怨 (literal) → 以直报怨/以直報怨 · yǐ​zhí​bào​yuàn · to meet resentment with fairness ， (non_chinese) 以德报德 (literal) → 以德报德/以德報德 · yǐ​dé​bào​dé · one good turn deserves another

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