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報怨

简报怨 · 繁報怨

Mandarin · pinyin bào yuàn

to pay back a score
to get revenge
to requite
(old) variant of 抱怨 bào yuàn

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怨: yuàn · hatred, enmity, resentment
报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–4 · bao4 yuan4

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bou3 jyun3

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verb

to avenge a grievance
synonym of 抱怨 (bàoyuàn, “to complain; to blame; to grumble about”)

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