







to punish severely or inexorably
There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones.
Anyone breaking the law will be severely punished.

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Open the tool →严惩 (yán chéng) means “to punish severely or inexorably”.
严惩 is pronounced yán chéng in Mandarin Chinese.
“to punish severely or inexorably” is 严惩 (yán chéng) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 严惩, each with pinyin and an English translation.