repress evil and encourage good
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is è WUY á ngsh à n, which means forbidding bad things and promoting good things. From the book of changes Dayou.
Idiom explanation
To stop; to publicize.
The origin of Idioms
Dayou in the book of changes: "a gentleman suppresses evil and promotes good, and follows heaven to rest his life."
Idiom usage
Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. Example is to seek common ground with a gentleman to suppress evil and promote good, so as to make it great. On Tongyi by Wei Ruanji of the Three Kingdoms
repress evil and encourage good
We are anxious about gain and loss - guǐ dé guǐ shī
In the world of rivers and lakes, my heart hangs in Wei que - shēn zài jiāng hú,xīn xuán wèi què