严惩
严惩嚴懲 yán chéng ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ jim4 cing4
- to punish severely
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More words with these characters
严
- 严厉嚴厲 yán lì ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ jim4 lai6 severe
- 严密嚴密 yán mì ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧˋ jim4 mat6 tight; strict; closely controlled; rigorous and thorough
- 严峻嚴峻 yán jùn ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄣˋ jim4 zeon3 grim
- 严格嚴格 yán gé ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄜˊ jim4 gaak3 strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
- 严禁嚴禁 yán jìn ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ jim4 gam3 to strictly prohibit
- 严肃嚴肅 yán sù ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ jim4 suk1 (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious
Idioms with these characters
- 严惩不贷嚴懲不貸 yán chéng bù dài ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ jim4 cing4 bat1 taai3 to punish severely (idiom)
- 严丝合缝嚴絲合縫 yán sī hé fèng ㄧㄢˊ ㄙ ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄥˋ jim4 si1 hap6 fung4 (idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
- 严以律己嚴以律己 yán yǐ lǜ jǐ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄌㄩˋ ㄐㄧˇ jim4 ji5 leot6 gei2 to be strict with oneself (idiom)
- 义正辞严義正辭嚴 yì zhèng cí yán ㄧˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘˊ ㄧㄢˊ ji6 zing3 ci4 jim4 (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
- 惩恶扬善懲惡揚善 chéng è yáng shàn ㄔㄥˊ ㄜˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄢˋ cing4 ok3 joeng4 sin6 to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
- 惩前毖后懲前毖後 chéng qián bì hòu ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ cing4 cin4 bei3 hau6 lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
- 惩一儆百懲一儆百 chéng yī jǐng bǎi ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄞˇ cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3 lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
- 劝善惩恶勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄜˋ hyun3 sin6 cing4 ok3 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
- 小惩大诫小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ siu2 cing4 daai6 gaai3 lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition