懲前毖後

Chinese
punish; discipline
 
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; 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

Idiom

懲前毖後

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