因果报应
yīn guǒ bào yìng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 因果報應
Karmic retribution: the belief, rooted in Buddhism, that good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds punished sooner or later. Often said when someone finally gets what they deserve.
Quan niệm nhà Phật cho rằng gieo nhân nào thì gặt quả nấy: làm điều lành sẽ được đền đáp, làm điều ác sớm muộn cũng phải chịu hậu quả. Thường nói khi kẻ làm việc xấu rốt cuộc phải trả giá.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “nhân quả báo ứng” = 因果報應 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “nhân quả báo ứng” (nhan-qua-bao-ung). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
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Common questions
What does “因果报应” mean?
Karmic retribution: the belief, rooted in Buddhism, that good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds punished sooner or later. Often said when someone finally gets what they deserve. Literally: cause and fruit, repaid in kind
Is “因果报应” formal or informal?
因果报应 is generally neutral.