有则改之,无则加勉
yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
有
yǒu
to have; there is
则
zé
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
改
gǎi
to change
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
,
,
无
wú
not to have
则
zé
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
加
jiā
to add
勉
miǎn
to exhort