惩前毖后
惩前毖后
chéng qián bì hòu
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
idiom
Traditional: 懲前毖後
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- (idiom) lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
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Related Words
小惩大诫(xiǎo chéng dà jiè)— lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
→去台(qù Tái)— to go to Taiwan
→去台人员(qù Tái rén yuán)— those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
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