- toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
- to exchange gifts
- Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
Characters
- 投 (投): to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
- 桃 (桃): peach
- 报 (報): to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- 李 (李): surname Li
Resources
- Wiktionary: 投桃报李
- MDBG: 投桃报李
- Examples with 投桃报李 on Tatoeba
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