睚眦必报 — Chinese idiom
睚眦必报
yá zì bì bào
Traditional: 睚眥必報
Meaning
- lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look
- fig. small-minded
- vindictive
Character by character
- 睚yáto stare
- 眦zìeye socket; the corner of the eye
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 报bàoto announce, to report; newspaper; payback, reveng
Idioms sharing a character
- 发指眦裂 fà zhǐ zì liè
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
- 物极必反 wù jí bì fǎn
- 自不必说 zì bù bì shuō
- 言多必失 yán duō bì shī
- 锱铢必较 zī zhū bì jiào
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