杀狗教猴

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 杀狗教猴 – see 殺狗教猴 (“to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer”). (This term, 杀狗教猴, is the simplified form of 殺狗教猴.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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