杀鸡吓猴
Traditional form:
殺雞嚇猴
Pinyin (reading):
shājīxiàhóu
Definitions:
- lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
Characters:
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 鸡 - chicken
- 吓 - to scare, to frighten; to threaten, to intimidate
- 猴 - monkey, ape; like a monkey
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