以德報德
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind | |||
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trad. (以德報德) | 以 | 德 | 報 | 德 | |
simp. (以德报德) | 以 | 德 | 报 | 德 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Analects, Book 14 (《論語·憲問》):
- 或曰:「以德報怨,何如?」子曰:「何以報德?以直報怨,以德報德。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Huòyuē: “Yǐ dé bào yuàn, hérú?” Zǐ yuē: “Héyǐ bàodé? Yǐ zhí bào yuàn, yǐ dé bào dé.” [Pinyin]
- Some one said, "What do you say concerning the principle that injury should be recompensed with kindness?" The Master said, "With what then will you recompense kindness? Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."
或曰:「以德报怨,何如?」子曰:「何以报德?以直报怨,以德报德。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐdébàodé
- Wade–Giles: i3-tê2-pao4-tê2
- Yale: yǐ-dé-bàu-dé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiderbawder
- Palladius: идэбаодэ (idɛbaodɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji5 dak1 bou3 dak1
- Yale: yíh dāk bou dāk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5 dak7 bou3 dak7
- Guangdong Romanization: yi5 deg1 bou3 deg1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː¹³ tɐk̚⁵ pou̯³³ tɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]以德報德
- to recompense kindness with kindness
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Literary Chinese terms with quotations
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese idioms
- Mandarin idioms
- Cantonese idioms
- Chinese chengyu
- Mandarin chengyu
- Cantonese chengyu
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 以
- Chinese terms spelled with 德
- Chinese terms spelled with 報
- Chinese chengyu derived from the Analects