刣貓教猴

Chinese

cat teach; teaching; religion monkey
trad. (刣貓教猴)
simp. (刣猫教猴)

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Idiom

刣貓教猴

  1. (Hailufeng Min) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer

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