Killing chickens and monkeys
The Chinese idiom is sh ā J ī ch ī h ó u, which means to punish one person to intimidate or warn others.
[idiom]: kill a chicken to wheeze a monkey [Pinyin]: SH ā J ī ch ī h ó u [simplified spelling]: sjch [explanation]: it refers to punishing one person to intimidate or warn others. It's the same as "killing chickens to scare monkeys".
Killing chickens and monkeys
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discuss the state affairs together - gòng shāng guó shì
give birth to a multitude of heroes - yīng xóng bèi chū
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