Definition
报应 refers to the concept of karmic retribution or 'just deserts' — the idea that one's actions, especially bad ones, will eventually come back to affect them. It is commonly used in both Buddhist contexts and everyday speech to describe consequences that feel deserved. As a noun, it often appears in phrases like 遭到报应 ('to suffer retribution') or 报应来了 ('retribution has arrived').
n.
retribution (often karmic)just deserts
Examples
- ，报应。Tā zuò le nàme duō huài shì, zhōngyú zāodào bào yìng le.He did so many bad things and finally got his just deserts.
- 报应，，。Hěnduō rén xiāngxìn bào yìng, rènwéi shàn yǒu shàn bào, è yǒu è bào.Many people believe in karmic retribution, thinking that good deeds bring good results and bad deeds bring bad results.
- 报应，。Zhè zhǒng bào yìng bú shì míxìn, ér shì yīnguǒ guīlǜ.This kind of retribution is not superstition but the law of cause and effect.
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