惩 - chéng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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18 strokes
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懲 (惩)

chéng

Definition

to punish
to reprimand
to warn

Character Decomposition

Related words (10)

懲辦

chéng bàn

to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)

懲處

chéng chǔ

to punish; to administer justice

懲戒

chéng jiè

to discipline; reprimand

to punish

penalty; punishment; to punish

punitive

see 懲惡揚善

to punish severely

rewards and penalties

重懲

zhòng chéng

to punish severely

Idioms (8)

懲一儆百

chéng yī jǐng bǎi

(lit.) punish one, warn one hundred (idiom); (fig.) to make an example of sb

懲一警百

chéng yī jǐng bǎi

(lit.) punish one, warn one hundred (idiom); (fig.) to make an example of sb; also written 懲一儆百

懲前毖後

chéng qián bì hòu

(lit.) to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

懲惡揚善

chéng è yáng shàn

to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)

嚴懲不貸

yán chéng bù dài

to punish severely (idiom)

從嚴懲處

cóng yán chéng chǔ

to deal with sb severely (idiom)

勸善懲惡

quàn shàn chéng è

to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you

小懲大誡

xiǎo chéng dà jiè

(lit.) to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition

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