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小惩大诫
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
What 小惩大诫 means
- lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
The characters in 小惩大诫
- 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
- 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 诫jiècommandment; to prohibit
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