有錯必糾

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	gather together; to investigate; to entangle gather together; to investigate; to entangle; correct
trad. (有錯必糾)		有	錯	必	糾
simp. (有错必纠)		有	错	必	纠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒucuòbìjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒucuòbìjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒucuòbìjiou
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-tsʻo⁴-pi⁴-chiu¹
    • Yale: yǒu-tswò-bì-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoutsuohbihjiou
    • Palladius: юцобицзю (jucobiczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

有錯必糾

1. mistakes must be corrected whenever discovered

   • 我們的方針是：「有反必肅，有錯必糾」。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们的方针是：「有反必肃，有错必纠」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen de fāngzhēn shì: “Yǒu fǎn bì sù, yǒu cuò bì jiū”. [Pinyin]

     Our policy is: "Counter-revolutionaries must be eliminated wherever found, mistakes must be corrected whenever discovered."