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儆惡懲奸
  ging2 ok3 cing4 gaan1   jyutping
  jin3 e4 cheng2 jian1   pinyin
warn people to refrain from doing evil and punish the wicked
[variant]

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
儆惡懲奸 / 儆恶惩奸

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Characters in this word:

 ging2  -  warn; admonish
 ok3 wu3 wu1  -  evil; vice; bad; fierce; loathe; dislike
 cing4  -  punish; penalize
 gaan1  -  crafty; disloyal; selfish; adulterous
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