积善之家，必有余庆；积恶之家，必有余殃積善之家，必有餘慶；積惡之家，必有餘殃積善之家，必有餘慶；積惡之家，必有餘殃

a family that piles up good deeds will surely have blessings left over; a family that piles up evil will surely have misfortune left over

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Old belief that a family's good deeds bring blessings to descendants, and evil deeds bring disaster on them. Moralising, traditional.

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Simplified: 积善之家，必有余庆；积恶之家，必有余殃
Traditional (Taiwan): 積善之家，必有餘慶；積惡之家，必有餘殃
Pinyin: jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu Yúqìng; jī'è zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúyāng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄚ，ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄥˋ；ㄐㄧㄜˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄚ，ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄧㄤ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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