Lingaku- lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
- fig. to make an example of sb
- also written 惩一儆百【chéng yī jǐng bǎi】
Generated: This idiom is used to indicate that by punishing one person, it serves as a warning to others to deter them from committing the same offense.
wèi le为了ràng让qí tā其他rén人jǐng tì警惕，lǎo bǎn老板jué dìng决定chéng yī jǐng bǎi惩一警百，jiě gù解雇le了nà ge那个jīng cháng经常chí dào迟到de的yuán gōng员工。
In order to make others alert, the boss decided to make an example of one and fired the employee who often arrived late.
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