懲前毖後

Chinese

		punish; discipline	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	careful; prevent	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (懲前毖後)		懲	前	毖	後
simp. (惩前毖后)		惩	前	毖	后
Literally: “to punish those before to prevent those after”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngqiánbìhòu, chěngqiánbìhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ cin⁴ bei³ hau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngqiánbìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngciánbìhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: chéng-chyán-bì-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchyanbihhow
  - Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу (čɛncjanʹbixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chěngqiánbìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chěngciánbìhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: chěng-chyán-bì-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengchyanbihhow
  - Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу (čɛncjanʹbixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ cin⁴ bei³ hau⁶
  - Yale: chìhng chìhn bei hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ tsin⁴ bei³ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ qin⁴ béi³ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹ pei̯³³ hɐu̯²²/

Idiom

懲前毖後

to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

Derived terms

懲前毖後，治病救人／惩前毖后，治病救人 (chéngqiánbìhòu, zhìbìngjiùrén)

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