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Chinese
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to kill; to murder; to slaughter
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fowl; chicken
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astonish; startle
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monkey
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| trad. (殺雞駭猴/殺鷄駭猴)
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殺
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雞/鷄
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駭
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猴
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| simp. (杀鸡骇猴)
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杀
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鸡
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骇
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猴
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| Literally: “to kill the chicken to startle the monkey”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
殺雞駭猴
- to punish an individual as an example to others
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
殺雞嚇猴 (“to punish a wrongdoer as a warning for others”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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殺雞嚇猴, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞儆猴, 殺雞給猴看, 殺一儆百
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百
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| Singapore
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殺雞儆猴
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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打兒騾子馬驚
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| Cantonese
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Hong Kong
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殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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斬狗教猴
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| Yudu
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殺雞教猴
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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殺狗教猴, 打狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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刣雞教猴
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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刣雞教猴
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| Quanzhou
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刣雞教猴
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| Jinjiang
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刣雞教猴
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| Zhangzhou
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刣雞教猴
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| Tainan
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刣雞教猴
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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刣雞教猴
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| Jieyang
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刣雞教猴
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| Haifeng
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刣貓教猴
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| Leizhou
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刣狗猻乞猿望
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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刣雞教猴
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