以儆效尤
yíjǐng-xiàoyóu
to warn others not to follow a bad example
Every meaning
yǐjǐng-xiàoyóu
- to warn others not to follow a bad example
Its characters
- 以yǐwith; by means of
- 儆jǐngto warn (as in 杀一儆百)
- 效xiàoeffect; result (as in 效果)
- 尤yóuespecially; particularly (as in 尤其)
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.