殺鷄儆猴

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殺鷄儆猴 – see 殺雞儆猴 (“to kill the chicken to warn the monkey; to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer”). (This term is a variant traditional form of 殺雞儆猴).