去做一件积德行善的大事
“he is to do something truly virtuous.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他跟我说今天晚上
“He told me that tonight”
去做 一件 积德行善 的 大事
“he is to do something truly virtuous.”
真是积了大德了
“That would indeed be a great merit.”
“He claimed he was off doing some noble charity work.”
Rooted in folk Buddhism and Daoism, doing good deeds is believed to build up spiritual credit ('de') that brings good fortune to oneself or one's descendants.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to accumulate merit and do good deeds
A common four-character idiom used both sincerely in religious/moral contexts and playfully in daily speech when doing someone a big favor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just do good deeds and don't ask about the future. That's what Master said.”
“Think of it as doing a good deed.”
“Doing good deeds?”
“thinking only of delivering all beings.”