報本反始 bào běn fǎn shǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

CHARACTERS

報 bào report, tell, announce
本 běn
HSK 1
root, origin, source; basis
反 fǎn
HSK 4
reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
始 shǐ
HSK 2
begin, start; then, only then