| 杀 |
shā jī - jǐng hóu | lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others |
| 杀 |
shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |
| 鸡 |
jī | fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
| 儆 |
jǐng | to warn / to admonish |
| 猴 |
hóu | monkey / CL:只 |