Read Edit View history 殺雞警猴 shājījǐnghóu to punish someone as a warning to others Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 杀鸡警猴/ 殺雞警猴 shājījǐnghóu to punish someone as a warning to others (idiom) to punish or sacrifice one person to frighten and deter others from doing wrong; literally "to kill the chicken to warn the monkey" Edit Delete References Add reference same_as 杀鸡警猴/殺雞警猴 → 杀鸡儆猴/殺雞儆猴 Edit Delete variant 杀鸡儆猴/殺雞儆猴 → 杀鸡警猴/殺雞警猴 Edit Delete
杀鸡警猴/ 殺雞警猴 shājījǐnghóu to punish someone as a warning to others (idiom) to punish or sacrifice one person to frighten and deter others from doing wrong; literally "to kill the chicken to warn the monkey" Edit Delete