讽一劝百
fěng​yī​quàn​bǎi

to satirize one to admonish many

  • created sense approved 讽一劝百/諷一勸百 · fěng​yī​quàn​bǎi · to satirize one to admonish many — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    讽一劝百 / 諷一勸百

    fěng​yī​quàn​bǎi

    to satirize one to admonish many

    To use gentle or indirect language to advise one person so as to warn many others; to use one example as a warning to the masses.

    fèng​yī​quàn​bó

    讽 (literal) → 讽/諷 · fěng · to advise tactfully 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 劝 (literal) → 劝/勸 · quàn · to urge 百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · numerous

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

    created sense