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Definition(s) for: 惩恶扬善

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
惩恶扬善 chéng è yáng shàn - to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 80,394 56,345

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chéng- to punish
- to reprimand
- to warn
ě- used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
è- evil
- fierce
- vicious
- ugly
- coarse
- to harm
- to hate
- to loathe
- ashamed
- to fear
- to slander
yáng- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu
- surname Yang
yáng- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
yáng- variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
shàn- good (virtuous)
- benevolent
- well-disposed
- good at sth
- to improve or perfect

Other Words Containing 惩恶扬善

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo