殺雞給猴看

lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute

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)

to supply / to provide

monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

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)