恩将仇报
ēn jiāng chóu bào
to repay kindness with harm
Character by character
恩ēn
kindness
kindness
将jiāng
take
take
仇chóu
enmity
enmity
报bào
repay
repay
Example
我帮了他那么多，他却恩将仇报。
After all I did for him, he repaid me with betrayal.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
将 is jiāng here and works like 把.
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