Definition of 勧善懲悪 (かんぜんちょうあく)

かんぜんちょうあく

勧善懲悪

かんぜんちょうあく

kanzenchouaku

noun
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rewarding good and punishing evil, novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme, moral purpose, morality play(yojijukugo)
Related Kanji
勧 persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer
善 virtuous, good, goodness
懲 penal, chastise, punish, discipline
悪 bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Example sentences(showing 1 results)

たんじゅん
単純な
かんぜんちょうあく
勧善懲悪
、
いまいち
今一つ
ふか
深み
This drama is missing something. All it is is a simple cautionary tale with no real depth