杀一儆百

杀
殺
一
一
儆
儆
百
百
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres

Characters and words in 杀一儆百

杀
殺
sha̅ = sh + a1
to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
杀 = 乂 + 朩 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).
一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
儆
jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
to warn / to admonish
百
bǎi = b + ai3
surname Bai
百 = 一 + 白 : Beelzebub enjoys preparing to allure a few mortals. Sitting on the throne in the airplane, he's waving a flute as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags to look like one hundred one hundred 元 bills.
百
bǎi = b + ai3
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
百 = 一 + 白 : Beelzebub enjoys preparing to allure a few mortals. Sitting on the throne in the airplane, he's waving a flute as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags to look like one hundred one hundred 元 bills.

Words with 杀一儆百

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