Chinese word dictionary

杀鸡骇猴

shā jī hài hóu · see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]

Word information

Simplified杀鸡骇猴
Traditional殺雞駭猴
Pinyinshā jī hài hóu
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 杀鸡骇猴

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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