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Trad. 報怨
- to pay back a score
- to get revenge
- to requite
- (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4]
Trad. 以德報怨
- to return good for evil (idiom)
- to requite evil with good
- (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
Trad. 怨天載道
- lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around
- discontent is openly voiced
- lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth
- fig. to rave and rant
Trad. 怨聲載道
- lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around
- discontent is openly voiced
Trad. 民怨沸騰
- seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
- seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
- a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
Trad. 任勞任怨
- to work hard without complaint (idiom)
Trad. 東征西怨
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
- to be full of remorse
- to repent and redress one's errors
Trad. 拉不出屎來怨茅房
- lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
- fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
Trad. 以直報怨，以德報德
- to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)