以儆效尤 in English yi3 jing3 xiao4 you2 Meaning

Meanings

  • in order to warn against following bad examples (idiomatic expression)
  • as a warning to others

Simplified Characters

以 儆 效 尤

Traditional Characters

以 儆 效 尤

Pinyin

yi3 jing3 xiao4 you2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 儆jing3to warn 效xiao4variant of 傚|效[xiao4] 尤you2surname You