Examples

罚了他五块钱，活该。

They fined him five yuan. It serves him right.

有赏有罚

duly mete out rewards and punishments

妈妈罚她闭门思过，想明白了才能出门。

Her mother shut her in her room, and did not allow her to come out until she admitted her mistakes.

过马路闯红灯也是违法行为，大家不要以为罚不责众！

Don't think that crossing the road when there's a red light is OK, just because so many people do it. It's breaking the law.

对于这种不文明行为，我们要罚一儆百！

We must punish such ill-mannered people as a deterrent to others.

违令者罚。

He called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback.

当那位前锋队员给那个四分卫手施以小动作时他给他们叫了罚。

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