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Examples:double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption)—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)—tear between chariots (as 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)—bamboo or birch for corporal punishment—punishment and rewards as part of political re-education—buy freedom from punishment—amputate one or both feet (punishment in Imperial China)—in fetter for punishment—castration (as corporal punishment)—banish (to an army post, as a punishment)—castration (archaic punishment)—electrocution (capital punishment)—shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc—corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead—commit suicide to escape punishment—be made to stand still as a punishment—relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in Imperial China)—punish strictly with no leniency (idiom); to punish and show no mercy—beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)—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)—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 sb as a warning to others [idiom.]—punish sb. (for a crime)—lit. punish one, warn one hundred [idiom.]— |