勸善懲惡

hyun3 sin6 cing4 ok3

to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice · you get what's coming to you

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  2. you get what's coming to you

Written Forms

勸善懲惡Traditional · Main Form
劝善惩恶Alternate Form

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