以德报怨 in English yi3 de2 bao4 yuan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to return good for evil (idiomatic expression)
  • to requite evil with good

Simplified Characters

以 德 报 怨

Traditional Characters

以 德 報 怨

Pinyin

yi3 de2 bao4 yuan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 德de2Germany 报bao4to announce 怨yuan4to blame