杀鸡给猴看
shā​jī​gěi​hóu​kàn

to make an example of someone

  • created sense approved 杀鸡给猴看/殺雞給猴看 · shā​jī​gěi​hóu​kàn · to make an example of someone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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"

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 给 (literal) → 给/給 · gěi · to 猴 (literal) → 猴 · hóu · monkey 看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see

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