Chinese

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|- ! !to kill; to murder; to slaughter !fowl; chicken !warn; admonish !monkey |- !trad. (殺雞儆猴) | 殺 | 雞 | 儆 | 猴 |- !simp. (杀鸡儆猴) | 杀 | 鸡 | 儆 | 猴 |- !alt. forms |殺雞警猴／杀鸡警猴 |- !Literally: “kill chicken, warn monkey”. |}

Idiom

殺雞儆猴

1. Kill the chicken to warn the monkey; make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer.

Synonyms

• 殺雞嚇猴／杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
• 殺雞駭猴／杀鸡骇猴
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)
• (Min) 刣雞教猴／刣鸡教猴
• (Hakka) 殺狗教猴／杀狗教猴 (sat-kiéu-kâu-hèu), 斬狗教猴／斩狗教猴 (chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu)