correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
trad. 有則改之，無則加勉
Also written 有則改之，無則加勉【yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn】
Characters in this word
7有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
则
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(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then, (bound form) standard; norm, (bound form) principle, (literary) to imitate; to follow, classifier for written items
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 則
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2398 of 2500
改
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to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
- Pinyin
- gǎi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3162 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
加
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Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]), surname Jia
- Pinyin
- Jiā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1517 of 2500
勉
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to exhort, to make an effort
- Pinyin
- miǎn
- Strokes
- 9