懲前毖後

Chinese

		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)		懲	前	毖	後
simp. (惩前毖后)		惩	前	毖	后
Literally: “to punish those before to prevent those after”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngqiánbìhòu, chěngqiánbìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ cin⁴ bei³ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngqiánbìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngciánbìhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: chéng-chyán-bì-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchyanbihhow
    • Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу (čɛncjanʹbixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chěngqiánbìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chěngciánbìhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: chěng-chyán-bì-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengchyanbihhow
    • Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу (čɛncjanʹbixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ cin⁴ bei³ hau⁶
    • Yale: chìhng chìhn bei hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ tsin⁴ bei³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ qin⁴ béi³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹ pei̯³³ hɐu̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 懲前毖後

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