刣貓教猴
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]cat | teach; teaching; religion | monkey | |||
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trad. (刣貓教猴) | 刣 | 貓 | 教 | 猴 | |
simp. (刣猫教猴) | 刣 | 猫 | 教 | 猴 |
Pronunciation
[edit]Idiom
[edit]刣貓教猴
- (Hailufeng Min) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer
Synonyms
[edit]Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 殺雞嚇猴, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞儆猴, 殺雞給猴看, 殺一儆百 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
Singapore | 殺雞儆猴 | |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打兒騾子馬驚 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
Hakka | Meixian | 斬狗教猴 |
Yudu | 殺雞教猴 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 殺狗教猴, 打狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刣雞教猴 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 刣雞教猴 |
Quanzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
Jinjiang | 刣雞教猴 | |
Zhangzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
Tainan | 刣雞教猴 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 刣雞教猴 | |
Jieyang | 刣雞教猴 | |
Haifeng | 刣貓教猴 | |
Leizhou | 刣狗猻乞猿望 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 刣雞教猴 |