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报怨

bào yuàn

2-character word Traditional 報怨

What 报怨 means

1. to pay back a score
2. to get revenge
3. to requite
4. oldvariant of {抱怨|bào yuàn}

The characters in 报怨

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

Words containing 报怨

• 以德报怨yǐ dé bào yuànto return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good
• 以直报怨，以德报德yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào déto repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

Sounds the same

Read bào yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抱怨to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint