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The featured idiom 「懲一警百」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
警: to warn, also written as “鄆”. It means punishing one person to warn everyone.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ching4 yat1 ging2 baak3
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