one good turn deserves another(yǐ dé bào yu)

one good turn deserves another

Virtue for virtue, y ǐ D é B à OD é, Virtue: Grace. Repay a favor with a favor. As predicate, object and attributive, it means to repay one's kindness.

Idiom explanation

Pinyin: y ǐ D é B à OD é 13. Repay a favor with a favor.

Idioms and allusions

The source of the idiom is "the Analects of Confucius · Xianwen": "or:" what's good for bad? " Confucius said: "how to repay virtue? To repay one's grievance with uprightness and to repay one's virtue with virtue. " It means: someone asked: "don't remember other people's hatred, but give him benefits, how?" Confucius said, "how can you repay others for their kindness to you? We should respond to the hatred of others with integrity and repay the favor with kindness. " In the spring and Autumn period, Confucius was asked whether it was feasible to repay those who resented him with kindness? Confucius said, "if I repay those who hate me with kindness, how can I repay those who are kind to me? Therefore, it is better for those who hate me to deal with him with proper counterattack. Only those who are kind to me can repay him with kindness. " Confucius didn't agree with the practice of "good for bad" and thought it should be "straight for bad". That is to say, we should not change our own fairness and integrity by having old evils and old grudges. That is to say, we should adhere to integrity. It is very important for personal moral cultivation to "repay grievances with straight lines", but sometimes it is not so appropriate to use it in the political field. Selected from "the Analects of Confucius · constitutional questions" idioms in traditional style

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate, object, attribute; refers to gratitude and retribution. synonym: gratitude and retribution. antonym: gratitude and retribution. homonym: an enemy accident, endless rest, pen trapped paper poor, valiant, high spirited, willing to cut, dare to pull down the emperor, three smelly cobblers, synthesis of a Zhuge Liang, refined, graceful, Puji Yusheng, Li daitaojiang If it happens in the future, we'll go and save you. It's a ~. (the 19th chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)

Similar to the famous saying

1. "Revenge with virtue" or "revenge with virtue": repaying hatred with kindness. Chapter 63 of Tao Te Ching: "how big or small is it? It's good to complain." Chapter 79 of Laozi: "it is the sage who holds the contract, but not the person who is responsible for it.". It is not only out of context, but also suspected of tampering with ancient books. Judging from the current edition, silk script and context, there are no mistakes in the 63 chapters. 2. Repay kindness with resentment: repay kindness with resentment. In Guoyu zhouyuzhong: "to repay virtue with resentment is not benevolent." Repay virtue with virtue. Chapter 16 of the Red Sun: "he felt that in this difficult time, he should repay virtue with virtue." 4. Repaying resentment with uprightness. In the biography of Fu Jiezi in the book of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the supreme edict is issued: '" Pingle supervisor Fu Jiezi To repay a grievance with a straight line is not to bother the teacher. "

Chinese PinYin : yǐ dé bào yu