惩前毖后
Traditional form:
懲前毖後
Pinyin (reading):
chéngqiánbìhòu
Definitions:
- lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
Characters:
- 惩 - to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 毖 - caution; to guard against, to take care
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
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