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sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
  1. 1. 恶有恶报,做坏事必遭加倍报应[源自《圣经》]

Examples

to sow suspicion
使起疑心 sow
to plant {or} sow a seed
播种 seed
to sow wheat sow
to sow a strip of land sow
to sow a doubt in someone's mind sow
The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly, the tadpole is the larva of the frog.
毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫;蝌蚪是青蛙的幼体。 caterpillar
The Chinese mainland faces the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea on the east and south.
中国大陆的东部和南部濒临的海域有渤海,黄海,东海和南海。
The People's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent on the western coast of the Pacific.
中华人民共和国位于亚洲东部、太平洋西岸。
In the movie, the man was thirsty for the blood of the boss.
电影里那个男人非常希望能杀了自己的老板。 thirsty
A sentence is in the active form when the action stated by the verb is performed by the subject.
如果动词描述的动作是由主语发出的,这句话就是主动语态。 active

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