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punishments noun, plural—Examples:flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law—double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption)—the punishment fits the crime—execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)—a glutton for punishment—castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)—tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment)—extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)—lit. kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others—corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)—brand (ancient punishment)—stand in the corner (punishment)—punishment and rewards as part of political re-education—amputate one or both feet (punishment in Imperial China)—castration (as corporal punishment)—electrocution (capital punishment)—shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc—corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead—relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in Imperial China)—beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)—receive punishment as a scapegoat—the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)—whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)—refrain from going extremes in meting out punishment—corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead—corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)—double expulsion (from the party and from administrative post, as a punishment for corruption)—boil sb. alive (capital punishment in Imperial China)—let sb. off (punishment, taxation etc)—deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) [idiom.]— |