严惩不贷

Traditional form:

嚴懲不貸

Pinyin (reading):

yánchéngbùdài

Definitions:

• to punish severely (idiom)

Characters:

• 严 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
• 惩 - to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 贷 - to borrow; to lend; to pardon

Traditional characters:

• 嚴 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
• 懲 - to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 貸 - to borrow; to lend; to pardon