惩一戒百 (懲一戒百) chéng yī jiè bǎi
chéng yī jiè bǎi
set phrase
punish one to warn a hundred; to make an example of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Variant of 惩一警百 (Guoyu '懲一戒百'; Mathews 1931 '懲一警百', p. 50)
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