lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
trad. 懲前毖後
Also written 懲前毖後【chéng qián bì hòu】
Characters in this word
4惩
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to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Traditional
- 懲
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 22627 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
毖
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careful, to prevent
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 28002 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500