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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	惩一儆百	懲一儆百	chéng yī jǐng bǎi	cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3	lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb
2	儆	儆	jǐng	jing3	to warn; to admonish
3	儆戒	儆戒	jǐng jiè	jing3 jie4	to warn; to admonish
4	杀鸡儆猴	殺雞儆猴	shā jī jǐng hóu	sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2	lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
5	杀一儆百	殺一儆百	shā yī jǐng bǎi	sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3	lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
6	以儆效尤	以儆效尤	yǐ jǐng xiào yóu	yi3 jing3 xiao4 you2	in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom); as a warning to others