(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
trad. 五馬分屍
Also written 五馬分屍【wǔ mǎ fēn shī】
Characters in this word
4五
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five, 5
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1999 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
分
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to divide; to separate, to distribute; to allocate, to distinguish (good and bad), (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]), fraction, one tenth (of certain units), unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm, minute (unit of time), minute (angular measurement unit), a point (in sports or games), 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- Pinyin
- fēn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1072 of 2500
尸
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(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies), (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution), variant of 屍|尸[shi1]
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 11143 of 2500