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惩一儆百
chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

make an example

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
惩一儆百 (懲一儆百) chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi
make an example idiom
To punish one individual as a warning to many others to prevent future misconduct.

Frequency

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0.012 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 惩一警百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)