to punish / to reprimand / to warn
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
penalty / punishment / to punish
to discipline / reprimand
to punish
punitive
to punish severely
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[]
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
to punish / to administer justice
to punish (someone) / to take disciplinary action against (someone)
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom) / fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
to punish severely (idiom)
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
rewards and penalties
to punish severely
variant of 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[]
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27