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刑名之学

xíng míng zhī xué

4-character word Traditional 刑名之學

What 刑名之学 means

1. xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai {申不害|Shēn Bù hài}

The characters in 刑名之学

• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate