zh
Sign in Start free

惩前毖后

Traditional 懲前毖後

chéng qián bì hòu

lit. to punish those before to prevent…

+ Keep this word

Meanings

chéng qián bì hòu 懲前毖後

  1. lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

Its characters