Chinese Word: 惩前毖后 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

惩 chéng 前 qián 毖 bì 后 hòu (Trad.: 懲前毖後)

lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

1		wú zhī 无知 shǐ 使 rén 人 fàn cuò 犯错， yǒu 有 cuò 错 dāng 当 chéng qián bì hòu 惩前毖后。 By ignorance we mistake, and by mistake we learn.
2		dǎ jī 打击 fǔ bài 腐败 gù rán 固然 néng 能 chéng qián bì hòu 惩前毖后， dàn 但 chéng běn 成本 guò 过 gāo 高。 As one of the most used tool to fight against corruption, the cost of monitoring is too high.
3		fá kuǎn 罚款 zuò wéi 作为 yì zhǒng 一种 shǒu duàn 手段， bì xū 必须 yǔ 与 jiào yù 教育 xiàng jiē hé 相结合， fāng néng 方能 chéng qián bì hòu 惩前毖后， yǐ jǐng xiào yóu 以儆效尤。 Penalty as a means, must combines with education, in that way, people can learn from past errors to avoid future mistakes, and set examples to others.

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