awaken a sneak with a sense of shame

awaken a sneak with a sense of shame

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǒ uch ǐ Qi ě g é, which means that if a person has a sense of shame, he can be self disciplined and return to the right path. It comes from the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius of the pre Qin period, it is said that "the way is to govern, the Qi is to punish, and the people are free from shame; the way is to virtue, and the Qi is to propriety, which is shameful."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing. In the world, there are those who attach importance to canons but are not cool, so we should make an example of them and prevent them from doing so. In the world, there are those who have the lightest canons but dare not commit them, so we should be ashamed. Wei Yuan, Qing Dynasty