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Home / Idiom / 恩将仇报

to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)

恩将仇报
ēn jiāng chóu bào
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repay good with evil · return evil for good · requite kindness with ingratitude · recompense good with evil · bite the hand that feeds以怨报德yǐ yuàn bào déto forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend · to kick a benefactor in the teeth忘恩负义wàng ēn fù yìpitiless · ruthless · merciless · heartless无情wú qíngturn back to hit (those who have misled you) · turn one's weapon around and strike · turn against those one has wrongly sided with反戈一击fǎn gē yī jīlit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy in Journey to the West; fig. to counterattack · to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)倒打一耙dào dǎ yī pá
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