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儆戒

jǐng jiè

2-character word

What 儆戒 means

1. to warn
2. to admonish

The characters in 儆戒

• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn

Sounds the same

Read jǐng jiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 警戒to warn; to alert; to be on the alert
• 警诫variant of 警戒

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