惩 |
chéng yī jǐng bǎi | lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written 惩一儆百 |
惩 |
chéng | to punish / to reprimand / to warn |
一 |
yī | one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
警 |
jǐng | to alert / to warn / police |
百 |
Bǎi | surname Bai |
百 |
bǎi | hundred / numerous / all kinds of |