绳愆纠谬 in English
- (idiom) To correct faults and rectify errors. It can also refer to pointing out someone’s failings in order to correct them.
How it used to be written
绳
These are the forms of 繩, the traditional character: 绳 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
愆
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Bronze script 春秋晚期 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 9 forms
纠
These are the forms of 糾, the traditional character: 纠 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 4 forms
谬
These are the forms of 謬, the traditional character: 谬 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 3 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).