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善有善报，恶有恶报

shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào

9-character word Traditional 善有善報，惡有惡報

What 善有善报，恶有恶报 means

1. virtue has its reward, evil its retribution

The characters in 善有善报，恶有恶报

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…

Example sentences

• 善有善报，恶有恶报。
  Shànyǒushànbào, èyǒu'èbào.
  What goes around comes around.
• 你也知道那句话，「善有善报，恶有恶报」。我搧的风，现在火就来了。
  You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.