ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
slmake an example of somebody; punish one person in order to warn a hundred; execute one man to warn a hundred
严惩这个为首的,惩一儆百。
Severely punish the ringleader as a warning to the rest.
为惩一儆百,监狱长惩罚了在监狱制造骚乱的人。
Those responsible for the disturbance in the prison were made examples of by the governor.