杀鸡儆猴 (殺雞儆猴)
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Pinyin
Definition
杀鸡儆猴 (殺雞儆猴)
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- lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
以儆效尤
- 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
- 2 as a warning to others
惩一儆百
- 1 lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make an example of sb
杀一儆百
- 1 lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- 2 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡儆猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- 2 fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
- 3 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡吓猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- 2 pour encourager les autres