从重从快 以儆效尤
“Punish them severely and quickly as a warning to others.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
斩监候 皆可
“or sentenced to death with a reprieve.”
从重从快 以儆效尤
“Punish them severely and quickly as a warning to others.”
其他的
“As for the others...”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese legalist philosophy emphasizes using severe, swift, and highly publicized punishments on select offenders to instill fear and enforce social order across the populace.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
severely and swiftly
A classical administrative and legal formulation advocating maximum penalties executed without procedural delay.
to warn others against following a bad example
A standard four-character idiom frequently used in legal, disciplinary, and formal contexts to indicate exemplary punishment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They should be punished seriously.”
“The criminals must be punished severely and not be tolerated.”
“we should punish the criminals severely.”