lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
pour encourager les autres
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to punish an individual as an example to others (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