报应 (bào yìng) — retribution (often karmic), just deserts
Definition
报应 (bàoyìng) names the punishment that comes back to a wrongdoer — typically framed as karmic ('you get what you deserve') rather than a human court's sentence.
noun
retribution (often karmic)just deserts
Examples
- ，报应。Tā zuò le nà me duō huài shì, zhōng yú zāo dào bào yìng le.He did so many bad things and finally got his just deserts.
- 报应，，。Hěn duō rén xiāng xìn bào yìng, rèn wéi shàn yǒu shàn bào, è yǒu è bào.Many people believe in karmic retribution, thinking that good deeds bring good results and bad deeds bring bad results.
- 报应，。Zhè zhǒng bào yìng bú shì mí xìn, ér shì yīn guǒ guī lǜ.This kind of retribution is not superstition but the law of cause and effect.
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