粵

現jin6眼ngaan5報bou3

simp现眼报
jin6 ngaan5 bou3xiàn yǎn bào

English

  1. a way of saying 'the retaliation of Karma' (Buddhist perspective); 'what goes around, comes around'
  2. (for people who have done wrong) immediate and just punishment/retribution

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做咗壞事之後,好快就得到嘅報應

Examples

  • 佢打完人之後就畀車撞到,呢啲咪現眼報囉。

    After beating an innocent man, he got hit by a car - that's karma at work.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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