报应不爽 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• divine retribution is unfailing
• one is inevitably punished for one's misdeeds

Character by character

• 报bàoto announce, to report; newspaper; payback, reveng
• 应yìngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 爽shuǎngcrisp, refreshing; candid, frank; pleased, happy

Idioms sharing a character

• 以德报怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn
• 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
• 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
• 报仇雪耻 bào chóu xuě chǐ
• 报仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn
• 报本反始 bào běn fǎn shǐ
• 官报私仇 guān bào sī chóu
• 恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu bào
• 恶有恶报 è yǒu è bào
• 感恩图报 gǎn ēn tú bào

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