chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi

punish one to warn many

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

    惩一戒百 / 懲一戒百 chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi

    惩一警百 / 懲一警百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 惩一戒百/懲一戒百 → 惩一儆百/懲一儆百 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩一戒百 / 懲一戒百 chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi

    惩一儆百 / 懲一儆百 chéng​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惩一戒百/懲一戒百 · chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi · punish one to warn many — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惩一戒百 / 懲一戒百

    chéng​yī​jiè​bǎi

    punish one to warn many

    To punish a single person as a way of warning or alerting many others.

    chéng​yī​jiè​bó

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

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

    created sense