不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
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1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
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2 to take great pains
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3 to be very patient
不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
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1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
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1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
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1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
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1 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
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2 you get what's coming to you
十恶不赦
shí è bù shè
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1 wicked beyond redemption (idiom)
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2 heinous
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
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1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
好事不出门,恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
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1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
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2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
好逸恶劳
hào yì wù láo
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1 to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
学而不厌
xué ér bù yàn
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1 study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
学而不厌,诲人不倦
xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juàn
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1 study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
彰善瘅恶
zhāng shàn dàn è
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1 to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
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2 to praise good and expose vice
从善如登,从恶如崩
cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng
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1 doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
怙恶不悛
hù è bù quān
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1 to keep doing evil without a sense of repentance (idiom)
恶事传千里
è shì chuán qiān lǐ
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1 evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
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1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
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1 notorious (idiom)
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2 infamous
恶有恶报
è yǒu è bào
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1 evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
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2 sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)
恶贯满盈
è guàn mǎn yíng
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1 lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil
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2 replete with vice
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3 guilty of monstrous crimes
惩恶扬善
chéng è yáng shàn
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1 to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)