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杀鸡警猴 (殺雞警猴)

shā jī jǐng hóu

Definition

  1. (lit.) killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. pour encourager les autres

Character Decomposition

杀
=
乂
+
朩
鸡
=
又
+
鸟
警
=
敬
+
言
猴
=
犭
+
侯

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