mend his ways to save him

mend his ways to save him

To cure a disease and save a life, a Chinese idiom, pronounced "zh ì B ì ngji ù R é n", originally means to cure a disease and save a life. Now it is often used to refer to the shortcomings and mistakes of a targeted critic to urge him to correct his mistakes. It comes from the biography of immortals by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Cure the disease and save the people. Metaphor helps people who make mistakes to correct them.

Analysis of Idioms

Save the life and heal the wounded

Idiom usage

For the students who have made mistakes, we should adopt the attitude of curing the disease and saving others to help them progress.