惩前毖后(chéng qián bì hòu): lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 懲前毖後
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- chéng qián bì hòu
- Meaning
- lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 懲前毖後
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