殺雞駭猴
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Chinese[edit]
to kill; to murder; to slaughter | fowl; chicken | astonish; startle | monkey | ||
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trad. (殺雞駭猴/殺鷄駭猴) | 殺 | 雞/鷄 | 駭 | 猴 | |
simp. (杀鸡骇猴) | 杀 | 鸡 | 骇 | 猴 | |
Literally: “to kill the chicken to startle the monkey”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
殺雞駭猴
- to punish an individual as an example to others
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
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 | |
Leizhou | 刣狗猻乞猿望 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 刣雞教猴 |