殺一警百
shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

to kill one to warn a hundred

  • created sense approved 杀一警百/殺一警百 · shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi · to kill one to warn a hundred — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀一警百 / 殺一警百

    shā​yī​jǐng​bǎi

    to kill one to warn a hundred

    to punish an individual as an example to others; to make a public example of someone to deter others from doing the same

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

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

    created sense