殺雞嚇猴
shā​jī​xià​hóu

to punish someone as a warning to others

  • created reference approved 杀鸡吓猴/殺雞嚇猴 → 杀鸡骇猴/殺雞駭猴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀鸡吓猴 / 殺雞嚇猴 shā​jī​xià​hóu

    杀鸡骇猴 / 殺雞駭猴 shā​jī​hài​hóu

    variant

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 杀鸡吓猴/殺雞嚇猴 · shā​jī​xià​hóu · to punish someone as a warning to others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀鸡吓猴 / 殺雞嚇猴

    shā​jī​xià​hóu

    to punish someone as a warning to others

    (idiom) literally "killing the chicken to scare the monkey"; to punish a person in order to frighten or warn others

    杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 吓 (literal) → 吓/嚇 · xià · to frighten 猴 (literal) → 猴 · hóu · monkey

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