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Trad. 懲
  • to punish
  • to reprimand
  • to warn
Trad. 嚴懲
  • to punish severely
Trad. 懲戒
  • to discipline
  • reprimand
Trad. 懲罰
  • penalty
  • punishment
  • to punish
Trad. 懲處
  • to punish
  • to administer justice
Trad. 懲辦
  • to punish (someone)
  • to take disciplinary action against (someone)
Trad. 重懲
  • to punish severely
Trad. 獎懲
  • rewards and penalties
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. 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

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