杀鸡儆猴

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See also: 殺雞儆猴

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 殺雞儆猴 (“to kill the chicken to warn the monkey; to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer”).
(This term is the simplified form of 殺雞儆猴).
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