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殺一儆百
殺一儆百
See also: 杀一儆百
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !to kill; to murder; to slaughter
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one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
!warn; admonish !hundred |- !trad. (殺一儆百) | 殺 | 一 | 儆 | 百 |- !simp. (杀一儆百) | 杀 | 一 | 儆 | 百 |- !Literally: “kill one, warn hundred”. |}
Idiom
殺一儆百
- to warn by example