Chinese–English
小惩大诫
xiǎo chéng dà jiè · xiao cheng da jie
Traditional 小懲大誡
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
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