bèi xìn qì yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy
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Original source entry:

背信棄義 背信弃义 [bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4] /breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray/treachery/perfidy/

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背信弃义
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