殺鷄警猴

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殺鷄警猴 – see 殺雞儆猴 (“to kill the chicken to warn the monkey; to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer”). (This term is a variant traditional form of 殺雞警猴, which is in turn a variant form of 殺雞儆猴).

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