杀鸡警猴
shā jī jǐng hóu
Pinyin

Definition

杀鸡警猴
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shā jī jǐng hóu
  1. lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. pour encourager les autres

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交警
jiāo jǐng
  1. 1 traffic police
  2. 2 abbr. for 交通警察
特警
tè jǐng
  1. 1 SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics)
  2. 2 riot police
  3. 3 abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察[tè zhǒng jǐng chá]
猴子
hóu zi
  1. 1 monkey
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
警察
jǐng chá
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police officer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
刑警
xíng jǐng
  1. 1 abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]
  2. 2 criminal police
报警
bào jǐng
  1. 1 to sound an alarm
  2. 2 to report sth to the police
女警
nu:3 jǐng
  1. 1 policewoman
巡警
xún jǐng
  1. 1 police officer
干警
gàn jǐng
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police cadres
武警
wǔ jǐng
  1. 1 armed police
民警
mín jǐng
  1. 1 civil police
  2. 2 PRC police
  3. 3 abbr. for 人民警察
火警
huǒ jǐng
  1. 1 fire alarm
猴
hóu
  1. 1 monkey
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
猴王
Hóu wáng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì]
猕猴
mí hóu
  1. 1 macaque
猕猴桃
mí hóu táo
  1. 1 kiwi fruit
  2. 2 Chinese gooseberry
耍猴
shuǎ hóu
  1. 1 to get a monkey to perform tricks
  2. 2 to put on a monkey show
  3. 3 to make fun of sb
  4. 4 to tease
警
jǐng
  1. 1 to alert
  2. 2 to warn
  3. 3 police
警力
jǐng lì
  1. 1 police force
  2. 2 police officers
警告
jǐng gào
  1. 1 to warn
  2. 2 to admonish

Idioms (6)

以示警戒
yǐ shì jǐng jiè
  1. 1 to serve as a warning (idiom)
惩一警百
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
  1. 1 lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make an example of sb
  3. 3 also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[chéng yī jǐng bǎi]
杀鸡儆猴
shā jī jǐng hóu
  1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
  3. 3 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡吓猴
shā jī xià hóu
  1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. 2 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡警猴
shā jī jǐng hóu
  1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. 2 pour encourager les autres
沐猴而冠
mù hóu ér guàn
  1. 1 lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. worthless person in imposing attire

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