惩一儆百 — Chinese idiom
惩一儆百
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
Traditional: 懲一儆百
Meaning
- lit. punish one to warn one hundred
- fig. to make an example of sb
Character by character
- 惩chéngto discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 儆jǐngto warn; warning
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
Idioms sharing a character
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 严惩不贷 yán chéng bù dài
- 小惩大诫 xiǎo chéng dà jiè
- 惩前毖后 chéng qián bì hòu
- 惩恶扬善 chéng è yáng shàn
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
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