We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「刑期無刑」, with its explanation below.
Here’s the idiom 「刑期無刑」, with its definition and practical application described below.
The purpose of punishment is to educate people to abide by the law, so as to achieve the purpose of not having to fire them.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xíng qī wú xíng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying4 kei4 mou4 ying4
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