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懲 (cing4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

懲 (cing4, chéng) — to punish; to reprimand; to warn

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 懲教 (cing4 gaau3) — Correctional Services
• 懲教署 (cing4 gaau3 cyu5) — Correctional Services Department
• 懲一儆百 (cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3) — lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb
• 懲一警百 (cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3) — variant of 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
• 懲前毖後 (cing4 cin4 bei3 hau6) — lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former…
• 懲惡勸善 (cing4 ok3 hyun3 sin6) — see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]

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