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以儆效尤

jǐng xiào yóu (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
old variant of
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abbr. for Israel 以色列
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
  jǐng to warn / to admonish
   xiào variant of
   xiào to imitate (variant of )
   xiào variant of
   xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate
   xiào yóu to follow a bad example
    Yóu surname You
    yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against
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