五马分尸(wǔ mǎ fēn shī)

4 charactersTrad. 五馬分屍

(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five…

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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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