chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

to make an example of someone

  • created reference approved 惩一警百/懲一警百 → 惩一儆百/懲一儆百 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩一警百 / 懲一警百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    惩一儆百 / 懲一儆百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 惩一警百/懲一警百 → 惩一戒百/懲一戒百 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩一警百 / 懲一警百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    惩一戒百 / 懲一戒百 chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惩一警百/懲一警百 · chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi · to make an example of someone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩一警百 / 懲一警百

    chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    to make an example of someone

    to punish one person as a warning to many others; to make an example of someone to prevent further wrongdoing

    chéng​yī​jǐng​bó

    惩 (literal) → 惩/懲 · chéng · to punish 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 警 (literal) → 警 · jǐng · to warn 百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · numerous

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense