杀鸡儆猴
shā​jī​jǐng​hóu

to punish someone as a warning to others

  • created reference approved 杀鸡儆猴/殺雞儆猴 → 杀鸡警猴/殺雞警猴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀鸡儆猴 / 殺雞儆猴 shā​jī​jǐng​hóu

    杀鸡警猴 / 殺雞警猴 shā​jī​jǐng​hóu

    variant

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  • created sense approved 杀鸡儆猴/殺雞儆猴 · shā​jī​jǐng​hóu · to punish someone as a warning to others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀鸡儆猴 / 殺雞儆猴

    shā​jī​jǐng​hóu

    to punish someone as a warning to others

    (idiom) literally to kill the chicken to warn the monkey; to punish an individual as an example to others to deter them from doing wrong

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 儆 (literal) → 儆 · jǐng · to warn 猴 (literal) → 猴 · hóu · monkey

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