repress evil and encourage good
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is è WUY á ngsh à n, which means forbidding bad things and promoting good things. From the book of changes Dayou.
Idiom explanation
To stop; to publicize.
The origin of Idioms
Dayou in the book of changes: "a gentleman suppresses evil and promotes good, and follows heaven to rest his life."
Idiom usage
Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. Example is to seek common ground with a gentleman to suppress evil and promote good, so as to make it great. On Tongyi by Wei Ruanji of the Three Kingdoms
Chinese PinYin : è è yán shàn
repress evil and encourage good
in different poses and with different expressions. qiān zī bǎi tài
bitter as if it were malt sugar. gān zhī rú jì
To ask for help from east to West. dōng tǎo xī zhēng