Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

殺雞儆猴

shājījǐnghóu

ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ

Simplified 杀鸡儆猴

  1. 1(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
  2. 2(fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others

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