杀鸡给猴看

杀
殺
鸡
雞
给
給
猴
猴
看
看
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others

Characters and words in 杀鸡给猴看

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).
给
給
gěi = g + ei3
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)
给 = 合 + 纟 : Inside of the Eiffel Tower, a little silk worm is exceptional desperate, because she is unable to produce a silken thread. Fortunately Guy Fawkes has a solution: He gives her a tube of glue as a present, which he decorated with a little ribbon. With the glue, the silk worm is able to produce long sticky threads again.
给
給
jǐ = ji + Ø3
to supply / to provide
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.
看
ka̅n = k + an1
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
看
kàn = k + an4
to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)
看 = 手 + 目 : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.

Words with 杀鸡给猴看

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