杀鸡儆猴

punish someone as a warning to others

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punish someone as a warning to others

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sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2

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

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殺雞儆猴|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 ► pour encourager les autres