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有则改之，无则加勉

yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)

Child Words of 有则改之，无则加勉

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

勉
miǎn

to exhort

无
wú

not to have

改
gǎi

to change

有
yǒu

to have; there is

加
jiā

to add

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])