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English

1. lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
2. to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetitionunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 小小嘅懲罰可以令人唔喺未來犯下更大嘅錯誤unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  佢遲到咗幾次，老闆決定小懲大誡，罰佢做清潔一個禮拜。

  After being late several times, the boss decided to give him a small punishment as a warning, making him clean the office for a week.