睚眥必報
yá​zì​bì​bào

to seek revenge for the smallest grievance

  • created reference approved 睚眦必报/睚眥必報 → 睚眦/睚眥 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    睚眦必报 / 睚眥必報 yá​zì​bì​bào

    睚眦 / 睚眥 yá​zì

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 睚眦必报/睚眥必報 · yá​zì​bì​bào · to seek revenge for the smallest grievance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    睚眦必报 / 睚眥必報

    yá​zì​bì​bào

    to seek revenge for the smallest grievance

    (idiom) lit. to seek revenge even for a dirty look; describes a person who is extremely small-minded and vindictive.

    睚眦 (literal) → 睚眦/睚眥 · yá​zì · small grievance 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 报 (literal) → 报/報 · bào · to retaliate

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

    created sense