杀鸡儆猴

杀
殺
鸡
雞
儆
儆
猴
猴
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres

Characters and words in 杀鸡儆猴

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).
鸡
雞
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute
鸡 = 又 + 鸟 : Maud Younger (y) is going between a boxing (又) fight between a turkey (鸟) and a chicken (鸡) in front of the space station (Ø1).
儆
jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
to warn / to admonish
猴
hóu = h + ou2
monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
猴 = 侯 + 犭 : Hamlet (h) and a monkey (猴) are watching a huge portrait of the marquis (侯) holding a dachshund (犭) on his lap in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Hamlet recognizes the murderer of his father in him an shakes his fist at him, while the monkey mocks him by making funny faces and sticking out his tongue.

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