粵

小siu2懲cing4大daai6戒gaai3

siu2 cing4 daai6 gaai3xiǎo chéng dà jièinferred

English

  1. to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 小小嘅懲罰可以令人唔喺未來犯下更大嘅錯誤

Examples

  • 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.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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