阴德必有阳报
Traditional form:
陰德必有陽報
Pinyin (reading):
yīndébìyǒuyángbào
Definitions:
- hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
Characters:
- 阴 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
- 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 阳 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
- 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
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