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wàng ēn fù yì
idiom. devoid of gratitude, forget one's kindness and turn one's back on him in return, forget one's kindness - lose honor
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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qǔ le xí fù wàng le niáng -- wàng ēn fù yì
phr. one forgets his mother after taking a wife--to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one
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wǒ men guò qù cháng cháng bāng zhù tā méi xiǎng dào tā zhè me wàng ēn fù yì
phr. We often helped him in the past, there is no way we could expect him to be so ungrateful.
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wǒ men rèn wéi wàng ēn fù yì bú shì yí ge rén de xìng gé wèn tí ér shì yí ge dào dé wèn tí
phr. We think that ungratefulness is not a matter of a person's character, but of his moral principles.