杀鸡警猴
Traditional form:
殺雞警猴
Pinyin (reading):
shājījǐnghóu
Definitions:
- lit. killing the chicken to warn 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
- 警 - to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
- 猴 - monkey, ape; like a monkey
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