殺一儆百

See also: 杀一儆百

Chinese

to kill; to murder; to slaughter
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
warn; admonish hundred
trad. (殺一儆百)
simp. (杀一儆百)
variant forms 殺一警百杀一警百
Literally: “kill one, warn hundred”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

殺一儆百

  1. to warn by example

Synonyms

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