(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others
trad. 殺雞儆猴
Also written 殺雞儆猴【shā jī jǐng hóu】
Characters in this word
4杀
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to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack, to weaken; to reduce, (dialect) to smart, (used after a verb) extremely
- Pinyin
- shā
- Traditional
- 殺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 218 of 2500
鸡
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fowl, chicken, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) prostitute
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 雞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2753 of 2500
儆
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to warn, to admonish
- Pinyin
- jǐng
- Strokes
- 14
猴
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monkey, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 15168 of 2500