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严惩

yán chéng

2-character word Traditional 嚴懲

What 严惩 means

1. to punish severely

The characters in 严惩

• 严yántight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn

Words starting with 严惩

• 严惩不贷yán chéng bù dàito punish severely (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yán chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盐埕Yancheng district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市
• 盐城see 盐城市

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