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7-9

to punish

Composition


Components

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Pinyin

cheng2 chéng

Meaning


Primary

to punish

Alternatives

punish, punished, punishing, punishes, to penalize, penalize, penalty, penalizes, penalized, penalizing

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-(e)ng] English manor wearing his characteristic yellow shirt along with a pair of 行 sandals as he walks down the long velvet carpeted hallways. Unfortunately, this violates the dressing standard of the manor, requiring poor Charlie to be 惩 punished. A butler comes up to him and stabs a 正 pointer directly into Charlie's 心 heart 惩 to punish his violation of the dressing code. Charlie collapses to the ground, bleeding to death as the butlers and rich kids stare at him without care. To be 惩 punished in the manor, it seems, is almost always to be killed without recourse.

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