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- thaikøef kax kaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]
- kill a fowl as a warning to monkey ─ make an example of a man
- 殺雞儆猴
DFT- 🗣 Thaai køef kax kaau. 🗣 (u: Thaai kef kax kaau. Thaai køef kax kaau.) 刣雞教猴。 [wt][mo] Thâi ke kà kâu.
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|| 殺雞給猴子看。比喻用懲罰一個人的辦法來警告別的人。
- 🗣le: (u: Hak'bu zuo'jim ui'tiøh beq “thaai'kef'kax'kaau”, tø ka thaw'zao'øh ee hak'sefng kiøx khie'khix sw'leng'taai kax'si ho zexng'laang khvoax.) 🗣 (學務主任為著欲「刣雞教猴」，就共偷走學的學生叫起去司令台教示予眾人看。) (學務主任為了要「殺雞儆猴」，就把翹課的學生叫去司令台當眾訓示。)
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- thaai køef kax kaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thay kef kax kaau; thaai'køef-kax'kaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
- kill a fowl as a warning to monkey — make an example of a man
- 殺雞儆猴