杀鸡吓猴
杀鸡吓猴
shā jī xià hóu
lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
idiom
Traditional: 殺雞嚇猴
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- (idiom) lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
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Related Words
杀鸡儆猴(shā jī jǐng hóu)— lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
→杀鸡警猴(shā jī jǐng hóu)— lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
→杀一儆百(shā yī jǐng bǎi)— lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
→杀鸡给猴看(shā jī gěi hóu kàn)— lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
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