杀鸡吓猴

shājīxiàhóu

kill the chicken to frighten the monkey—punish someone as a warning to others

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sha1 ji1 xia4 hou2

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

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殺雞嚇猴|杀鸡吓猴 [shā jī xià hóu] ► lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others ► pour encourager les autres