惩恶劝善
chéng'è​quàn​shàn

to punish evil and encourage good

  • created reference approved 惩恶劝善/懲惡勸善 → 劝善惩恶/勸善懲惡 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩恶劝善 / 懲惡勸善 chéng'è​quàn​shàn

    劝善惩恶 / 勸善懲惡 quàn​shàn​chéng'è

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惩恶劝善/懲惡勸善 · chéng'è​quàn​shàn · to punish evil and encourage good — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩恶劝善 / 懲惡勸善

    chéng'è​quàn​shàn

    to punish evil and encourage good

    to punish the wicked in order to encourage others to be virtuous; to uphold virtue and condemn evil

    惩 (literal) → 惩/懲 · chéng · to punish 恶 (literal) → 恶/惡 · è · evil 劝 (literal) → 劝/勸 · quàn · to encourage 善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · good

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense