shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

to kill one to warn a hundred

  • created reference approved 杀一儆百/殺一儆百 → 杀一警百/殺一警百 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀一儆百 / 殺一儆百 shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    杀一警百 / 殺一警百 shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 杀一儆百/殺一儆百 → 杀鸡儆猴/殺雞儆猴 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀一儆百 / 殺一儆百 shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    杀鸡儆猴 / 殺雞儆猴 shā​jī​jǐng​hóu

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 杀一儆百/殺一儆百 · shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi · to kill one to warn a hundred — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀一儆百 / 殺一儆百

    shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    to kill one to warn a hundred

    (idiom) to punish or execute an individual as an example to warn others; to make an example of someone

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 儆 (literal) → 儆 · jǐng · to warn 百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · hundred

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense