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刣
雞
教
猴 [-
鸡
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Jyutping
刣 gai1 gaau3 hau4
Pinyin
zhōng jī jiào hóu
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, Min, idiomatic
to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer
(syn.) 斬狗教猴, 殺雞給猴看, 打兒騾子馬驚, 殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 刣雞教猴, 刣狗猻乞猿望, 殺雞嚇猴, 打狗教猴, 殺一儆百, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞教猴, 殺雞儆猴