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懲惡揚善

简 惩恶扬善 · 繁 懲惡揚善
Mandarin · pinyin chéng è yáng shàn

Meanings

  1. to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
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懲
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惡
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揚
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善
shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind
惩
chéng · punish, reprimand; warn
恶
è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
扬
yáng · scatter, spread; praise
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Mandarin tones

2–4–2–4 · cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing4 ok3 joeng4 sin6

Cantonese word readings for 懲惡揚善. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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cing4 ok3 joeng4 sin6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to punish the evil and praise the good

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