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杀一儆百

shā yī jǐng bǎi

4-character word Traditional 殺一儆百

What 杀一儆百 means

1. lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
2. pour encourager les autres

The characters in 杀一儆百

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of

Sounds the same

Read shā yī jǐng bǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杀一警百variant of 杀一儆百

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