Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「殺一礪百」 today for free with this guide.
Today, we explore the idiom 「殺一礪百」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
It’s like killing one to warn the hundred. Execute one person to warn many.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shā yī lì bǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saat3 yat1 lai6 baak3
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