How to pronounce 殺雞儆猴 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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當然可能會殺幾個人, 達到殺雞儆猴嘅效果
might kill a few people to make an example of them.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當然 dong1 jin4
(adverb) absolutely
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
殺 saat3
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
個人 go3 jan4
personal
達到 daat6 dou3
achieve
殺雞儆猴 saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
to kill the chicken to scare the monkey
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
效果 haau6 gwo2
effect

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