粵

懲cing4前cin4毖bei3後hau6

simp惩前毖后
cing4 cin4 bei3 hau6chéng qián bì hòu

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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