- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
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以直报怨，以德报德
以直报怨，以德报德
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
- ，。
We should repay resentment with fairness and repay virtue with virtue.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE
An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 幸(lucky; fortunate)PHONETIC
- 卩(kneel; submit)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(step; action)RADICAL
- 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE
Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.
以直报怨，以德报德
Traditional以直報怨，以德報德
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
- ，。
We should repay resentment with fairness and repay virtue with virtue.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE
An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 幸(lucky; fortunate)PHONETIC
- 卩(kneel; submit)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(step; action)RADICAL
- 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE
Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.
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