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惩一儆百

chéng yī jǐng bǎi

4-character word Traditional 懲一儆百

What 惩一儆百 means

1. lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
2. fig. to make an example of sb

The characters in 惩一儆百

• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of

Sounds the same

Read chéng yī jǐng bǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惩一警百variant of 惩一儆百