kindness and hatred are clearly distinguished(ēn yuàn fēn míng)

kindness and hatred are clearly distinguished

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ē NYU à NF ē nm í ng, which means that the distinction between favor and hatred is very clear and unambiguous. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Notes on Idioms

En: favor; enmity: hatred.

The origin of Idioms

The 50th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "a certain person knows that Yun Changao is arrogant but can't bear to go down; he bullies the strong but doesn't bully the weak; his gratitude and resentment are clear and his faith is plain."

Idiom usage

It refers to people's love and hate. All one's life in an instant. Why should we be clear about gratitude, resentment and bitterness. Old from laugh still idle air, move for predecessors hold injustice. In Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi's "Oubei poetry · Juejue 2 · history reading" there are too many cases where we can not distinguish between gratitude and resentment, because there are interests.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: love and hate clearly; antonym: ambiguous

Chinese PinYin : ēn yuàn fēn míng