快意恩仇

kuài yì ēn chóu

to repay kindness and avenge wrongs as one sees fit, living by one’s own code

Character by character

快kuài
please

意yì
heart

恩ēn
kindness

仇chóu
enmity

很多年轻人羡慕武侠小说里快意恩仇的生活，可现实中谁都得守规矩。

Many young people envy the free, score-settling life of wuxia novels, but in real life everyone has to follow the rules.

Tone: neutral.

Romantic in wuxia talk, the very picture of the 江湖 life; outside it, it can sound reckless, since the law, not you, settles scores.

Learn this in Lesson 224 · HSK 9+: 金庸与江湖 (Jin Yong and the world of the jianghu)

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