報仇

報⫽仇 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to revenge; to avenge

   • 必報讎，寧事戎狄。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     必报雠，宁事戎狄。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bì bàochóu, níng shì róngdí. [Pinyin]

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   • 今智伯知我，我必爲報讎而死。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     今智伯知我，我必为报雠而死。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jīn Zhì bó zhī wǒ, wǒ bì wèi bàochóu ér sǐ. [Pinyin]

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   • 太原、上黨又多晉公族子孫，以詐力相傾，矜夸功名，報仇過直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     太原、上党又多晋公族子孙，以诈力相倾，矜夸功名，报仇过直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Tàiyuán, Shàngdǎng yòu duō Jìn gōngzú zǐsūn, yǐ zhàlì xiàngqīng, jīnkuā gōngmíng, bàochóu guòzhí, jiàqǔ sòngsǐ shēmǐ. [Pinyin]

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