| 杀一儆百 |
shā yī jǐng bǎi |
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres |
| 杀 |
shā |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |
| 一 |
yī |
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 |
| 儆 |
jǐng |
to warn / to admonish |
| 百 |
Bǎi |
surname Bai |
| 百 |
bǎi |
hundred / numerous / all kinds of |