idiom > J a warning
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J a warning
  Explanation: Kill a person to advise the group of people
  Usage: -Linked; as object, attribute; with the "deterrent"
  Source: Qing Xia Xie, "the order": "F as a warning, elimination of its wait and see."
Kill a person to guard a group of people
  Kill a person to guard a group of people. Qing Xia Xie "<Western Chronicle> the order": "F as a warning, elimination of its wait and see."
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No. 3
  Police: Warning. Killed a person, to alert others.
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No. 4
  词 目 歼一警百
  发 音 jiān yī jǐng bǎi
  释 义 杀一个人来敬告一批人。
  出 处 清·夏燮《&lt;中西纪事&gt;后序》:“歼一警百,消其观望。”
  示例:~,消其观望。 ★清·夏燮《中西纪事·后序》
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make an example of sb., to punish one person as a warning to a hundred others