execute one man to warn a hundred

execute one man to warn a hundred

Jian Yi Jing Bai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā NY ī J ǐ NGB ǎ I, which means to kill one person to warn a group of people. It comes from the biography of Yin Weng in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Warning. Kill one person to warn others.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Yin Weng Guizhuan in the book of Han Dynasty, "he has something to take. He is a police officer and a hundred officials and people are all obedient. He is afraid to reform."

Analysis of Idioms

Make an example of

Idiom usage

As the object and attribute, the same as "to set an example" and "to annihilate one warning hundred, to eliminate the wait-and-see. Xia Xie, Qing Dynasty