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惩一儆百杀一儆百；以一警百；惩一警百chéng yī jǐng bǎiexecute sb as a warning to the rest;make an example of an offender; make an example of sb to warn others ; punish one as a warning to others ; punish one to warn (/awe) a hundred
❍ 卑职意见，就杀掉这三个为首的，～，…… (李六如 《六十年的变迁》 Ⅰ—250) In our opinion,we should execute only the three leaders as a warning to the rest of them.
❍ 把总近来很不将举人老爷放在眼里了，拍案打凳的说道： “～！ ……” (《鲁迅选集》上—84) Recently the captain had come to treat the successful provincial candidate quite disdainfully. So,banging his fist on the table,he said,"Punish one to awe one hundred! 惩一儆百punishing one to warn a hundred;making an example of somebody
惩一儆百punishing one to warn a hundred 惩一儆百儆（警）chénɡ yī jǐnɡ bǎi惩罚一个人，可以警戒更多的人。punish one to warn a hundred, make an example of sb. |