repress evil and encourage good

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