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Trad. 懲辦
- to punish (someone)
- to take disciplinary action against (someone)
Trad. 從嚴懲處
- to deal with sb severely (idiom)
Trad. 懲一儆百
- lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
- fig. to make an example of sb
Trad. 懲一警百
- lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
- fig. to make an example of sb
- also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
Trad. 懲前毖後
- lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
Trad. 懲惡勸善
- see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
Trad. 懲惡揚善
- to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
Trad. 勸善懲惡
- to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
- you get what's coming to you
Trad. 小懲大誡
- lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
