惩一儆百懲一儆百

chéng yī jǐng bǎi

Meaning

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

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Characters

惩chéngto discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn征心一yīone; a, an; alone 儆jǐngto warn; warning亻敬百bǎione hundred; numerous, many一白