after retiring and amend errors
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ì s ī B ǔ guॸ, which means to examine your words and deeds after the event, and to correct any mistakes. It comes from the twelfth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan.
Idiom explanation
Retrospection: to check one's words and deeds after retrogression; fault: mistake.
The origin of Idioms
In the twelfth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "Lin's father's duty is to serve the king. He is loyal to the king and makes up for his mistakes. He is the guard of the country. How can he kill him?"
Idiom usage
It means to reflect on one's own fault after the event. Therefore, we must go forward and be loyal. To make up for one's mistakes is to live up to justice. The fifth volume of Wu Mingshi's Du Shi Yan Zhi in Qing Dynasty
after retiring and amend errors
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