杀一儆百
Traditional form:
殺一儆百
Pinyin (reading):
shāyījǐngbǎi
Definitions:
- lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
Characters:
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 儆 - to warn; warning
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
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