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小惩大诫
xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè

to learn from a small mistake

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小惩大诫 小懲大誡 xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè
to learn from a small mistake
To punish minor faults in order to prevent serious crimes or repetition of a large-scale mistake.

Frequency

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0.005 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 小惩大戒 xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè

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Frequency data
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