斬狗教猴
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]behead; chop | dog | teach; teaching; religion | monkey | ||
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trad. (斬狗教猴) | 斬 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
simp. (斩狗教猴) | 斩 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
Literally: “to behead the dog to teach the monkey”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kau-hèu / chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: zamˋ gieuˋ gau heuˇ / zamˋ gieuˋ gauˊ heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zam3 gieu3 gau4 heu2 / zam3 gieu3 gau1 heu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯⁵⁵ heu̯¹¹/, /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: zamˋ gieuˋ gauˊ heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zam3 gieu3 gau1 heu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Idiom
[edit]斬狗教猴
- (Hakka) 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 |