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Meaning of 杀鸡儆猴

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
shā jǐng hóu (Trad.: 殺雞儆猴)
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
Example Sentences
1
You were too busy making an example out of her to find the key that she left with me.
2
"It will be like killing the monkey to scare the chickens, " he said while stroking his pet cat, Little Sister Big Eyes.
3
广
That's when he decided that he would throw the slave into a cage with a lion in the middle of the town square2 to set an example.
4
使
The Romans "made examples" of criminals to deter crime -- hence their use of public crucifixion.
5
The Federal Reserve and Treasury decided to let Lehman fail and set a "moral hazard" example: from now on, you can't rely on Uncle Sam to bail you out.