Bae-eun-mang-deok

背

등 배

恩

은혜 은

忘

잊을 망

德

덕 덕

Character by character

Meaning

Turning your back on kindness and forgetting the good done to you.

Origin

From classical Chinese phrasing; in Korean it hardened into a strong rebuke for ingratitude.

How it is used

Used to condemn someone who harmed the person who helped them.

Hanja背恩忘德

Simplified背恩忘德

Korean reading배은망덕

Pinyinbèi ēn wàng dé

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Bae-eun-mang-deok mean?

背恩忘德 · Turning your back on kindness and forgetting the good done to you.

Q. Where does Bae-eun-mang-deok come from?

From classical Chinese phrasing; in Korean it hardened into a strong rebuke for ingratitude.

Q. How is Bae-eun-mang-deok used?

Used to condemn someone who harmed the person who helped them.

Idioms in the same group

管鮑之交 Gwan-po-ji-gyoThe friendship of Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya — friends who truly know each other.竹馬故友 Juk-ma-go-uAn old friend from bamboo-horse days — someone you grew up with.百年偕老 Baeng-nyeon-hae-roGrowing old together for a hundred years.同苦同樂 Dong-go-dong-nakSharing the hardship and the joy alike.人之常情 In-ji-sang-jeongThe ordinary feeling any human being would have.類類相從 Yu-yu-sang-jongLike follows like — similar people gather together.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.