Character

懲 chéng

punish, reprimand; warn

勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è	to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
嚴懲 yán chéng	to punish severely
嚴懲不貸 yán chéng bù dài	to punish severely (idiom)
小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè	lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
從嚴懲處 cóng yán chéng chǔ	to deal with sb severely (idiom)
懲一儆百 chéng yī jǐng bǎi	lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb
懲一警百 chéng yī jǐng bǎi	lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb; also written 懲一儆百\|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
懲前毖後 chéng qián bì hòu	lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
懲惡勸善 chéng è quàn shàn	see 懲惡揚善\|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
懲惡揚善 chéng è yáng shàn	to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
懲戒 chéng jiè	to discipline; reprimand
懲治 chéng zhì	to punish
懲罰 chéng fá	penalty; punishment; to punish
懲罰性 chéng fá xìng	punitive
懲處 chéng chǔ	to punish; to administer justice
懲辦 chéng bàn	to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)
獎懲 jiǎng chéng	rewards and penalties
重懲 zhòng chéng	to punish severely
懲獨 chéng dú	punishing separatism; refers to the act of dealing with separatist activities

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