to flog a corpse; (fig.) to bring up sb's past failures or embarrassing moments long after the event has passed
trad. 鞭屍
Also written 鞭屍【biān shī】
Characters in this word
2鞭
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whip or lash, to flog, to whip, conductor's baton, segmented iron weapon (old), penis (of animal, served as food)
- Pinyin
- biān
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 18042 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