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Simplfied Chinese
杀鸡儆猴
Traditional Chinese
殺雞儆猴
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
shā jī jǐng hóu
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
Short definition pour encourager les autres
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)MDBG icon / to punish an individual as an example to othersMDBG icon / kill the chicken to scare the monkeysAdso icon / pour encourager les autresMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: kill the chicken to scare the monkeys
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: centesimate
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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