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一報還一報 (jat1 bou3 waan4 jat1 bou3) — retribution paid out in kind in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一bou˗₃報waanˎ₄還jatˉ¹一bou˗₃報
简 一报还一报
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 bao4 huan2 yi1 bao4

Meaning of 一報還一報

nounretribution paid out in kind

Characters in 一報還一報

一jat1
one; a; an; the
報bou3
reward; retribution
還waan4
go/come back; return (to a place)

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