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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 杀一儆百
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 杀一儆百 | shā yī jǐng bǎi | - lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others - pour encourager les autres |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 30,869 | 77,506 | 66,047 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 杀 | shā | - to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack - to weaken; to reduce - (dialect) to smart - (used after a verb) extremely |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 儆 | jǐng | - to warn - to admonish |
| 百 | bǎi | - surname Bai |
| 百 | bǎi | - hundred - numerous - all kinds of |
Other Words Containing 杀一儆百
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杀一儆百 | - | - | 30,869 | 77,506 | 66,047 |