殺雞儆猴
See also: 杀鸡儆猴
Chinese
to kill; to murder; to slaughter fowl; chicken warn; admonish monkey trad. (殺雞儆猴) 殺 雞 儆 猴 simp. (杀鸡儆猴) 杀 鸡 儆 猴 alt. forms 殺雞警猴／杀鸡警猴 Literally: “kill chicken, warn monkey”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghour
- IPA (key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghoulr
- IPA (key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
- Yale: saat gāi gíng hàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: saat8 gai1 ging2 hau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sad3 gei1 ging2 heo4
- IPA (key): /sɑːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
殺雞儆猴
- Kill the chicken to warn the monkey; make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer.
Synonyms
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