背信弃义 — Chinese idiom
背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
Traditional: 背信棄義
Meaning
- breaking faith and abandoning right ; to betray
- treachery
- perfidy
Character by character
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 弃qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to f
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Idioms sharing a character
- 勾肩搭背 gōu jiān dā bèi
- 扼喉抚背 è hóu fǔ bèi
- 挨肩擦背 āi jiān cā bèi
- 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
- 汗流浃背 hàn liú jiā bèi
- 背井离乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī
- 背水一战 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
- 背道而驰 bèi dào ér chí
- 腹背受敌 fù bèi shòu dí
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