teach by precept and example

teach by precept and example

Teach by example, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NCHU á NSH à NJI à o, which means to teach orally and set an example in action. It means that speech acts play an exemplary role. It comes from the book of the later Han Dynasty, the fifth Lun Zhuan.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: set an example, show one's own example [antonym]: do not believe what you say and do

Idiom usage

The members of the commune are pleased to see such a situation of teaching by example. People's literature, No.9, 1976

The origin of Idioms

Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the fifth Lun Zhuan of the book of the later Han Dynasty: "those who teach by example follow, and those who teach by words talk."