杀鸡警猴 (殺雞警猴)
shā jī jǐng hóu
Pinyin

Definition

杀鸡警猴 (殺雞警猴)
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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

Related Words (20)

jiāo jǐng
  1. 1 traffic police
  2. 2 abbr. for 交通警察
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]
hóu zi
  1. 1 monkey
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
jǐng chá
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police officer
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
xíng jǐng
  1. 1 abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]
  2. 2 criminal police

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