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杀鸡给猴看
shā​jī​gěi​hóu​kàn

to make an example of someone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
杀鸡给猴看 殺雞給猴看 shā​jī​gěi​hóu​kàn
to make an example of someone
to punish one person as a warning to others; literally "to kill a chicken in front of a monkey"

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Frequency data
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