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penalty / punishment / to punish
HSK 7-9
to punish / to administer justice
HSK 7-9
to discipline / reprimand
to punish
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  *惩* | 惩* | *惩
to punish / to reprimand / to warn
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
to punish (someone) / to take disciplinary action against (someone)
punitive
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百


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