惩一警百
Traditional form:
懲一警百
Pinyin (reading):
chéngyījǐngbǎi
Definitions:
- 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)
Characters:
- 惩 - to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 警 - to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
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