小懲大誡

xiǎochéngdàjiè ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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

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