saat3 jat1 ging2 baak3殺一儆百杀一儆百
Jyutpingsaat3 jat1 ging2 baak3
Yalesat yāt gíng bak
Definition
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level
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