see how one behaves in the future(yǐ guān hòu xiào)

see how one behaves in the future

In Chinese, the Pinyin is y ǐ Gu ā NH ò uxi à o, which means to punish the criminal lightly, and then look at his later performance. It comes from the annals of the late Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

An Di Ji in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "since autumn festival is established, birds of prey will be used, and it will be repeated again to see the aftereffect."

Idiom usage

Jiang Zhongcheng's people are still honest and generous. Seeing that the two secretaries pleaded for help, they agreed to stay temporarily. The 48th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom

Chinese PinYin : yǐ guān hòu xiào