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Shajixiahou
　　Explanation: Chickens to monkeys to see. Analogy with the punishment of a person's way to warn other people.
　　Usage: The main predicate; as the predicate attribute, object; containing derogatory
　　Source: Qing Li Baojia "Bureaucrats" 53 back: "As the saying goes, is called the 'warning shot', take chicken slaughter, and that natural fear of monkeys."
　　Examples: Guess the meaning of the emperor has ~ the heart uneasiness, which, half have not said anything. (Yao Xueyin "Rereading" The second volume Chapter XXI)
No. 2
　　See "kill a chicken to scare the monkey."
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成语
　　杀鸡吓猴【拼音】：shā jī xià hóu
　　【解释】：杀鸡给猴子看。比喻用惩罚一个人的办法来警告别的人。
　　【出处】：清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第53回：“俗话说的好，叫做‘杀鸡骇猴’，拿鸡子宰了，那猴儿自然害怕。”
　　【示例】：姚雪垠《李自成》第二卷第二十一章：“猜到皇上有杀鸡吓猴之意，心中七上八下，半天没有做声。”
　　【近义词】：杀一儆百、杀鸡儆猴
　　【语法】：主谓式；作谓语、定语、宾语；含贬义
　　【典故】：有个耍猴戏的，新买了一只受过训练的猴子。这猴子可机灵了，他一听到鼓声就会跳舞，一听到锣声就会翻斤斗，可是就不听新主人的指挥。耍猴戏的使劲打鼓，使劲敲锣，猴子眨眨眼睛，一动也不动，只做没听见。耍猴戏的想了个法子，他抓了一只公鸡来，对着公鸡又打鼓，又敲锣。公鸡怎么会演戏呢，他听到鼓声锣声早吓呆了，蹲在地上动也不敢动。耍猴戏的拿起一把刀，一刀把公鸡宰了。这一下可把猴子吓坏了。耍猴戏的一打鼓，他就连忙跳舞，一敲锣，他就连忙翻斤斗，一点儿也不敢含糊。“杀鸡吓猴”就是从这个故事来的。惩罚一个不相干的人，来威胁另一个人，可以说是“杀鸡吓猴”。
Thesaurus
execute one as a warning to a hundred, kill the chicken to frighten the monkey, Warning to others, serve to warn others against following a bad example, punish one as a warning to others, With a warning to a hundred
Antonym
give quarter, lenity, Let bygones be bygones, past not censure, Extrajudicial Ren, Fawai favor