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以儆效尤

yǐ jǐng xiào yóu

4-character word

What 以儆效尤 means

1. idiomto warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others

The characters in 以儆效尤

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效
• 尤yóuoutstanding; particularly, especially; a fault

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