chéngfá

penalty / punishment / to punish

chéng

to punish / to reprimand / to warn

yánchéng

to punish severely

xiǎochéngdàjiè

lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition

cóngyánchéngchǔ

to deal with sb severely (idiom)

chéngyījǐngbǎi

lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb

chéngyījǐngbǎi

lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written [[懲一儆百|惩一儆百<chéngyījǐngbǎi>]]

chéngqiánbìhòu

lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

chéngèquànshàn

see [[懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善<chéngèyángshàn>]]

chéngèyángshàn

to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)