小惩大诫
Simplified
小惩大诫
Traditional
小懲大誡
Pinyin
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
Definition
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
经理说要小惩大诫
Jīnglǐ shuō yào xiǎo chéng dà jiè
The manager said we should punish a little to prevent a lot
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