evil got , evil spent
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à è B à o è, which means to repay others' evil deeds with evil deeds. It comes from the biography of Guliang, the 23rd year of Duke Fu.
The origin of Idioms
In the 23rd year of the Duke of Fu in the biography of Guliang, it is said that "cutting down the country does not mean encircling the city. What's the point of encircling the city? It's not right to repay evil with evil. " Fan Ning notes: "the first 18 years. It was evil for Song Dynasty to defeat Qi, and it is evil for Qi to take advantage of its victory. "
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. He didn't advocate it. He meant that the emperor told us to be soldiers, but we didn't. Lu Xun's supplement to collected works on the intellectual class
evil got , evil spent
If there are enough utensils, there will be plenty - qì mǎn zé fù
treat lowly but talented one with due respect - zhé jié xià shì
sadness manifested on the countenance - yōu xíng yú sè
scholar , farmer , artisan and merchant - shì nóng gōng shāng