五马分尸(wǔ mǎ fēn shī): (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five…
4 charactersTrad. 五馬分屍
(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five…
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Word information
- Pinyin
- wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- Meaning
- (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 五馬分屍
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