以直报怨，以德报德

Traditional form:

以直報怨，以德報德

Pinyin (reading):

yǐzhíbàoyuàn,yǐdébàodé

Definitions:

• to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

Characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 怨 - to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness

Traditional characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 報 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 怨 - to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 報 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness