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bite the hand that feeds one; requite kindness with ingratitude; return evil for good; repay good with evil

yǐ yuàn bào dé

以 怨 报 德

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derogbite the hand that feeds one; requite kindness with ingratitude; return evil for good; repay good with evil
- tā cóng méi kuī dài guò rèn hé rén kě shì dà jiā dōu yǐ yuàn bào dé
  他从没亏待过任何人，可是大家都以怨报德。
  He had never let anyone down, but his kindness was always repaid with ungrateful treachery.
- bù yào yǐ yuàn bào dé
  不要以怨报德。
  Don't recompense good with evil.
synonym
wàng ēn fù yì忘恩负义 ēn jiāng chóu bào恩将仇报 bù zhī ēn yì不知恩义
antonym
yǐ dé bào yuàn以德报怨 yǐ zhí bào yuàn以直报怨 bào yuàn yǐ dé报怨以德

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