- a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
- to ill reward a person's kindness
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- to ill reward a person's kindness
This idiom describes an ungrateful or unappreciative response to someone's kindness or good intentions. It often implies that one does not recognize or appreciate the help they have received.
He was so nice to me, but I didn't repay him; it's truly like a dog biting Lü Dongbin.
You helped her, but she doesn't understand; it's really like a dog biting Lü Dongbin.
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gǒu狗yǎo咬Lǚ Dòng bīn吕洞宾to ill reward a person's kindnessshí bié识别rén xīn人心to recognize people's true intentionshǎo rén好人nán难zuò做being a good person is difficultēn jiāng chóu bào恩将仇报to repay kindness with enmitybù不shí识hǎo rén好人to not recognize a good personduì dài对待shàn liáng善良to treat kindnessgǒu狗yǎo咬rén人dog bites humanbào ēn报恩bù不wàng忘never forget to repay kindnessyuàn tiān yóu rén怨天尤人to blame others instead of oneselfhuì yǎn慧眼shí识rén人to have the insight to recognize people