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懲cing4一jat1儆ging2百baak3

simp惩一儆百
cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3chéng yī jǐng bǎi

English

  1. lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
  2. fig. to make an example of sb

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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