chéng è yáng shàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
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懲惡揚善 惩恶扬善 [cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4] /to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)/

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