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Usage of the character 懲

chéng
[懲]
  • to punish
  • to reprimand
  • to warn
chéngchǔ
惩处
[懲處]
  • to punish
  • to administer justice
jiǎngchéng
奖惩
[獎懲]
  • rewards and penalties
zhòngchéng
重惩
[重懲]
  • to punish severely
chéngfá
惩罚
[懲罰]
  • penalty
  • punishment
  • to punish
yánchéng
严惩
[嚴懲]
  • to punish severely
chéngbàn
惩办
[懲辦]
  • to punish (someone)
  • to take disciplinary action against (someone)
chéngzhì
惩治
[懲治]
  • to punish
chéngjiè
惩戒
[懲戒]
  • to discipline
  • reprimand
chéngfáxìng
惩罚性
[懲罰性]
  • punitive
chéngyījǐngbǎi
惩一警百
[懲一警百]
  • lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
  • fig. to make an example of sb
  • also written 懲一儆百/惩一儆百 (chéngyījǐngbǎi)
chéng'èquànshàn
惩恶劝善
[懲惡勸善]
  • see 懲惡揚善/惩恶扬善 (chéng'èyángshàn)
chéng'èyángshàn
惩恶扬善
[懲惡揚善]
  • to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
cóngyánchéngchǔ
从严惩处
[從嚴懲處]
  • to deal with sb severely (idiom)
quànshànchéng'è
劝善惩恶
[勸善懲惡]
  • to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  • you get what's coming to you
yánchéngbùdài
严惩不贷
[嚴懲不貸]
  • to punish severely (idiom)
xiǎochéngdàjiè
小惩大诫
[小懲大誡]
  • lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
chéngyījǐngbǎi
惩一儆百
[懲一儆百]
  • lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
  • fig. to make an example of sb
chéngqiánbìhòu
惩前毖后
[懲前毖後]
  • lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again