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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「勸善懲惡」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「勸善懲惡」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Advise: encourage; punish: punish. Punish the bad guys and reward the good guys.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

quàn shàn chéng è

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hyun3 sin6 ching4 ok3

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.