make an example of sb
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é ngy ī J ǐ Ngb I, which means to execute a person to warn many people. It comes from the biography of Yin Weng in the history of Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Yin Weng Guizhuan in the book of Han Dynasty, "he has something to take. He is a police officer and a hundred officials and people are all obedient. He is afraid to reform."
Idiom usage
To make a warning to others. Brother, today we must let everyone have a look in front of us, so that they may have a fear. The 56th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty
make an example of sb
political and military achievements - Wén zhì wǔ gōng
Fish in the water and birds in the water - yú kuì niǎo lí
despair gives courage to a coward - qín kùn fù chē
have no place too ashamed to show one 's face - wú dì zì cuò