pay off old scores

pay off old scores

Revenge, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à och ó uxu à h è n, which means to avenge and get rid of resentment. From Huainanzi · pan Lun Xun.

Citation explanation

Snow: wash it off. Revenge, get rid of hatred. It means revenge, get rid of resentment. Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty Chapter 26 of outlaws of the Marsh: brother's soul is not far away, brother Wuer will take revenge on you! Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 27: Mu yecha sells medicine and wine on Mengzhou road and meets Zhang Qing on wudutou cross slope: the villain takes revenge on his brother, and his crime is justified. Although he dies without complaining, he scares Gao Lin. Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 58: abusing officials, harming the people, killing my family, today is just revenge! Chapter 5 of Shi Yukun's "three heroes and five righteousness" in Qing Dynasty: hope, fear and fear to avenge this injustice for me in front of Bao Gong. Even if the wronged soul is under the nine springs, I can't be grateful enough. Chapter 47 of Jingzhong yuezhuan: "if there is a master of Zhongxing, he will use the virtuous to commit adultery, and strive to recover, why is it difficult to avenge himself and lay a foundation for the common people?"

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · pan Lun Xun" is a kind of auxiliary wing of Yue King Gou Jian. And to avenge it. "

Idiom usage

Today is the day to avenge my family's death by abusing the official position and harming the common people! The 58th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty