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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 小懲大誡 [ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ; xiao3 cheng2 da4 jie4]
 lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
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