先抓他几个杀鸡儆猴
“We will seize a few first, as a warning.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
属下明白
“Understood.”
先抓他几个 杀鸡儆猴
“We will seize a few first, as a warning.”
“Then every loudmouth,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Rooted in Legalist thought and pragmatic governance, publicly punishing a visible culprit is seen as the most cost-effective method to instill discipline and silence dissent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to punish one to warn a hundred; make an example of someone
A very common idiom used when someone severely punishes a lesser offender to deter others from misbehaving.
arrest a few of them first
The pronoun '他' serves as an informal, vague direct object filler meaning 'some/a few' in spoken directives.
