chéng chǔ
to punish
to administer justice
chéng
to punish
to reprimand
to warn
chéng fá
penalty
punishment
to punish
yán chéng bù dài
to punish severely (idiom)
chéng bàn
to punish (someone)
to take disciplinary action against (someone)
chéng qián bì hòu
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
cóng yán chéng chǔ
to deal with sb severely (idiom)
quàn shàn chéng è
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
you get what's coming to you
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
fig. to make an example of sb
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
fig. to make an example of sb
also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
chéng è quàn shàn
see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
chéng è yáng shàn
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
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