惩前毖后

chéng qián bì hòu jiù zhì bìng rén

惩前毖后，救治病人

help those who have done wrong to learn from their errors of the past

fá kuǎn zuò wéi yī zhǒng shǒu duàn bì xū yǔ jiào yù xiāng jié hé fāng néng chéng qián bì hòu yǐ jǐng xiào yóu

罚款作为一种手段，必须与教育相结合，方能惩前毖后，以儆效尤。

Penalty as a means, must combines with education, in that way, people can learn from past errors to avoid future mistakes, and set examples to others.

wǒ men cǎi qǔ chéng qián bì hòu zhì bìng jiù rén de fāng zhēn shì zhèng què de

我们采取惩前毖后、治病救人的方针，是正确的。

We were right in adopting the policy of learning from past mistakes to avoid future ones and curing the sickness to save the patient.