彰善瘅恶 — Chinese idiom
彰善瘅恶
zhāng shàn dàn è
Traditional: 彰善癉惡
Meaning
- to distinguish good and evil ; to uphold virtue and condemn evil
- to praise good and expose vice
Character by character
- 彰zhāngclear, manifest, obvious
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 瘅dànbitter hatred; drought
- 恶èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nause
Idioms sharing a character
- 欲盖弥彰 yù gài mí zhāng
- 相得益彰 xiāng dé yì zhāng
- 众目昭彰 zhòng mù zhāo zhāng
- 臭名昭彰 chòu míng zhāo zhāng
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
- 善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū
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