小惩大诫

xiǎo chéng dà jiè

Definitionen

1. lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition

Bestandteilwörter von 小惩大诫

• 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 小 xiǎo: small
• 惩 chéng: to punish
• 诫 jiè: commandment