报应

retribution, comeuppance

noun Rare #15,192
retribution, comeuppance Usually refers to punishment or misfortune believed to be deserved because of someone's actions.
CH: 他做了那么多坏事,这可能是他的报应。
EN: He did so many bad things; this may be his comeuppance.

你有了那孩子简直是报应!

Having that child is practically divine retribution!

— 潜行者 (1979)

你的报应来了.

Your karma has caught up with you.

— 杀手疾风号 (2022)

我想或许…对你来说代表一种报应什么报应?

I thought maybe… to you, it represents some kind of karma. What kind of karma?

— 谜一样的双眼 (2009)

这么杀人是要遭报应的

Killing people like this will bring you karmic retribution.

— 满江红 (2023)

什么报应?

What kind of comeuppance?

— 谜一样的双眼 (2009)

是报应不听话就该受罚

It’s karma—if you don’t behave, you deserve to be punished.

— 蔷花,红莲 (2003)

那是报应吗?

Is that karma?

— 杀手疾风号 (2022)

我不想他说我应得到这样的报应

I don't want him to say that I deserve this kind of punishment.

— 爱情是狗娘 (2000)

他会遭报应的

He’ll get what’s coming to him.

— 镜子 (1975)

别人说是报应、说是命运

Some people say it’s karma; others say it’s fate.

— 印度有嘻哈 (2019)