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Examples:nonconformity gets punished—punish strictly with no leniency (idiom); to punish and show no mercy—guilty and deserves be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement—punish according to the law—lit. killing the chicken warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others—console the people and punish the tyrant—cangue (wooden collar like stocks used restrain and punish criminals in China)—lit. killing the chicken scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others—place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it—lit. punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again—lit. kill one warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others—encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice—lit. punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition—do not punish severely (and do not reward too generously)—implicate and punish also the criminal's associates—punish by protracted kneeling—punish sb as a warning to others [idiom.]—lit. punish one, warn one hundred [idiom.]—punish sb. (for a crime)— |