杀一儆百(shā yī jǐng bǎi): lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 殺一儆百
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- shā yī jǐng bǎi
- Meaning
- lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 殺一儆百
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