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劝善惩恶

quàn shàn chéng è

4-character word Traditional 勸善懲惡

What 劝善惩恶 means

1. to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
2. you get what's coming to you

The characters in 劝善惩恶

• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious

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