罪有应得 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• guilty and deserves to be punished ; entirely appropriate chastisement
• the punishment fits the crime

Character by character

• 罪zuìsin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
• 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 应yīngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
• 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r

Idioms sharing a character

• 千古罪人 qiān gǔ zuì rén
• 吊民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì
• 怀璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì
• 罪大恶极 zuì dà è jí
• 罪恶滔天 zuì è tāo tiān
• 罪该万死 zuì gāi wàn sǐ
• 罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu
• 负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì
• 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
• 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng

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