投桃報李 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 投桃报李 tóutáobàolǐ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) to return a favor to exchange gifts Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. Character by character 投(tóu)throw 桃(táo)peach 報(bào)report 李(lǐ)surname Li A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0