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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「繩愆糾繆」 and how it’s used.

This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「繩愆糾繆」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Correct mistakes and rectify errors. Rope: Correction. Fault: mistake. Fallacy: error.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shéng qiān jiū miù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing2 hin1 gau2/dau2 mau4

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.