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The Chinese idiom 「宰雞教猴」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Kill the chicken to warn the monkey. A metaphor for severely punishing one person to warn the rest.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zǎi jī jiāo hóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
joi2 gai1 gaau3 hau4
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