It's better to be good than to be bad
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Qi à NSH à ns à IW é I, which means to be good and prevent evil. It comes from Liu Songfu's postscript to the regulations of Xiang newspaper office.
The origin of Idioms
In the postscript of Liu Songfu's articles of association of Xiang newspaper published by Tan Sitong in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "when one hears and sees Pu, the law and precepts will prosper, the good will and the disobedience, and the education and administration will be based on Mao."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
It's better to be good than to be bad
fit in exactly with one's wishes - zhèng zhòng xià huái