yǐ jǐng xiào yóu

以儆效尤 (yǐ jǐng xiào yóu) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others

Characters in 以儆效尤

以yǐ · to use儆jǐng · to warn效xiào · to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])尤yóu · outstanding

Related words

可以can所以therefore以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)以to use以abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以old variant of 以[yi3]以old variant of 以[yi3]以前before以后after以及and; as well as难以置信(idiom) hard to believe; incredible以来since (used after a specified time or event)

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