Chinese

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|- ! !to kill; to murder; to slaughter !fowl; chicken

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!monkey |- !trad. (殺雞嚇猴) | 殺 | 雞 | 嚇 | 猴 |- !simp. (杀鸡吓猴) | 杀 | 鸡 | 吓 | 猴 |- !Literally: “kill chicken, scare monkey”. |}

Idiom

殺雞嚇猴

1. to punish an individual as an example to others

Synonyms

• 殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)
• 殺雞駭猴／杀鸡骇猴
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)