斬狗教猴

Chinese

behead; chop dog teach; teaching; religion monkey
trad. (斬狗教猴)
simp. (斩狗教猴)
Literally: “to behead the dog to teach the monkey”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

斬狗教猴

  1. (Hakka) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer

Synonyms

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