exhibit virtue and expose vice(zhāng shàn dàn è)

exhibit virtue and expose vice

The Chinese idiom is "Zhang Shan à nd à n è", which means to praise the good and reprimand the evil. It comes from the book of history.

idiom

Praise the good and hate the bad.

The origin of Idioms

"Shangshu biming" said: "to show good and evil, the wind of the tree."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; of a person's emotions

example sentence

Liu Zhiji's Shi Tong in Tang Dynasty said: "it's also useful to cover history, to record merits and demerits, to show good and evil, to gain and lose a dynasty, and to honor and disgrace for thousands of years." Chen Liang of the Song Dynasty wrote Zhuge Kongming: "the east of the Yangtze River is flat, the world is one, so we should lay down our martial arts and cultivate our culture, show good and evil, advocate enlightenment and change customs."

Analysis of Idioms

Punishment of evil and promotion of good

Chinese PinYin : zhāng shàn dàn è