恩仇

ēnchóu
noun #45,792

Meanings

  1. 1 debts of gratitude and grievances
  2. 2 kindness and enmity (as a unified concept)

Examples

HSK 6
Liǎng jiā de ēnchóu yánxù le sān dài.
The kindness and enmity between the two families lasted three generations.
HSK 7-9
Tā jiānghú ēnchóu liǎoduàn zhīhòu guīyǐn shānlín.
After settling all his debts of gratitude and revenge in the martial world, he retired to the mountains.

Tips

culture
恩仇 is a wuxia (martial-arts fiction) signature word. The genre revolves around 恩怨 / 恩仇 - heroes are defined by whom they owe and whom they must avenge. Jin Yong's classic 笑傲江湖 lives entirely on this dynamic.
memory
恩 'kindness' + 仇 'hatred / enemy' - opposites yoked together to capture the full ledger of obligations a person carries.

Stroke Order

恩 ēn
仇 chóu