小懲大戒
xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè

to learn from a small mistake

  • created sense approved 小惩大戒/小懲大戒 · xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè · to learn from a small mistake — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小惩大戒 / 小懲大戒

    xiǎo​chéng​dà​jiè

    to learn from a small mistake

    to discipline someone for a minor fault to prevent them from committing a serious crime or error

    小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 惩 (literal) → 惩/懲 · chéng · to warn 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 戒 (literal) → 戒 · jiè · to warn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense