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有则改之，无则加勉

yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn

9-character word Traditional 有則改之，無則加勉

What 有则改之，无则加勉 means

1. correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)

The characters in 有则改之，无则加勉

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort