"五馬分屍" meaning in Chinese

See 五馬分屍 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wǔmǎfēnshī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wǔmǎfēnshī [Phonetic:wúmǎfēnshī] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wǔmǎfenshih [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄ [Mandarin, Yale], wuumaafenshy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], умафэньши [Mandarin, Palladius], umafɛnʹši [Mandarin, Palladius], ńgh máh fān sī [Cantonese, Yale], ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 五马分尸
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 五馬分屍
  1. (historical) to dismember a body by having five horses pull the limbs and head Tags: historical, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-4AsFiYfA
  2. (figurative) to sentence someone capital punishment; to execute Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Capital punishment
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-j29ZwlO1 Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 7 93 1 Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 19 68 13 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 66 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 82 10
  3. (figurative) to split something up into small fragments Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-vbUpWrvn
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        "(historical) to dismember a body by having five horses pull the limbs and head"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfēnshī"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfēnshī [Phonetic:wúmǎfēnshī]"
    },
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfenshih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuumaafenshy"
    },
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "умафэньши"
    },
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "umafɛnʹši"
    },
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      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "ńgh máh fān sī"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfēnshī"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfēnshī [Phonetic:wúmǎfēnshī]"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔmǎfenshih"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "wuumaafenshy"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "умафэньши"
    },
    {
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "umafɛnʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ńgh máh fān sī"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹"
    },
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    },
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      "other": "[Phonetic: wúmǎfēnshī]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
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