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惩一警百

chéng yī jǐng bǎi

4-character word Traditional 懲一警百

What 惩一警百 means

1. variant of {惩一儆百|chéng yī jǐng bǎi}

The characters in 惩一警百

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

Sounds the same

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

• 惩一儆百lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb

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