to punish; to reprimand; to warn

to discipline; reprimand

to punish severely

rewards and penalties

to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)

to punish; to administer justice

to punish

to punish severely

punitive

to punish severely (idiom)

to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you

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

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

variant of 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]

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

see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]

to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)