殺雞嚇猴

See also: 杀鸡吓猴

Chinese

to kill; to murder; to slaughter fowl; chicken
to frighten; to scare; to intimidate
to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
 
 monkey
trad. (殺雞嚇猴/殺鷄嚇猴) 殺 雞/鷄 嚇 猴
simp. (杀鸡吓猴) 杀 鸡 吓 猴
Literally: “to kill the chicken to scare the monkey”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

殺雞嚇猴

  1. 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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 殺雞嚇猴, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞儆猴, 殺雞給猴看, 殺一儆百
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百
Singapore 殺雞儆猴
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 打兒騾子馬驚
Cantonese Hong Kong 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百
Hakka Meixian 斬狗教猴
Yudu 殺雞教猴
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 殺狗教猴, 打狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴
Eastern Min Fuzhou 刣雞教猴
Southern Min Xiamen 刣雞教猴
Quanzhou 刣雞教猴
Jinjiang 刣雞教猴
Zhangzhou 刣雞教猴
Tainan 刣雞教猴
Singapore (Hokkien) 刣雞教猴
Jieyang 刣雞教猴
Haifeng 刣貓教猴
Leizhou 刣狗猻乞猿望
Puxian Min Putian 刣雞教猴

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