Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
恶有恶报
evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
02
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 恶有恶报 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 恶有恶报 appears in 15 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
What goes around comes around.
You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 恶有恶报.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 恶有恶报.
Directly before
- 真是恶有恶报2
- 你恶有恶报1
- 感叹恶有恶报1
Directly after
- 恶有恶报不过1
- 恶有恶报这句1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 恶有恶报
What does 恶有恶报 mean in Chinese?
恶有恶报 (èyǒuèbào) means evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds.
How do you pronounce 恶有恶报?
恶有恶报 is pronounced èyǒuèbào.
Is 恶有恶报 an HSK word?
恶有恶报 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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