「恩將仇報」
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| Pronunciation： | jan1 zoeng1 sau4 bou3 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
恩 favour of kindness 將 to take; military general; about to; going to; soon; general; sportsperson; future; near future 仇 hatred; enmity; enemy; foe 報 to report; newspaper; report; announcement; periodical; journal; to announce; to report (a news); to publicise; to apply; to sign up; to respond; to reply |
| Part of Speech： | verb |
| Explanation： |
to bite the hand that feeds you; to forget one's benevolent favour but treat that person with enmity instead
(Eng.) I kindly recommended my classmate for a job at the company, only for him to repay my kindness with betrayal and eventually force me out of my own job.
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| Synonym： | Synonym： 以怨報德 |
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