有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人 in English you3 chou2 bu4 bao4 fei1 jun1 zi3 , you3 yuan1 bu4 shen1 wang3 wei2 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

  • one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

有 仇 不 报 非 君 子 ， 有 冤 不 伸 枉 为 人

Traditional Characters

有 仇 不 報 非 君 子 ， 有 冤 不 伸 枉 為 人

Pinyin

you3 chou2 bu4 bao4 fei1 jun1 zi3 , you3 yuan1 bu4 shen1 wang3 wei2 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

有you3to have 仇chou2surname Qiu 不bu4(negative prefix) 报bao4to announce 非fei1abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 君jun1monarch 子zi5son ， 有you3to have 冤yuan1injustice 不bu4(negative prefix) 伸shen1to stretch 枉wang3to twist 为wei4as (in the capacity of) 人ren2man