懲前毖後

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Chinese

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punish; discipline
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
careful; prevent
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
trad. (懲前毖後)
simp. (惩前毖后)
Literally: “to punish those before to prevent those after”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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懲前毖後

  1. to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

Derived terms

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