yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
Traditional: 有則改之，無則加勉
有则改之，无则加勉 (yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)”.
Meanings
- 1correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
Characters in 有则改之，无则加勉
有yǒu · to have; there is则zé · (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then改gǎi · to change之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]则zé · (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then加jiā · to add勉miǎn · to exhort