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The Chinese idiom 「明刑弼教」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Bi: assist. Use criminal law to educate the people so that they know the law, fear the law and abide by the law, thus achieving the effect that education cannot achieve.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
míng xíng bì jiāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ming4 ying4 bat6 gaau3
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